10/9/11 - Back in Blighty

Distance - 6.7 Miles
Animals - Cows, bulls, sheep, squirrels, pheasants, rabbits and llamas
Geocaches - 0

Knightwick

Greece has many great things going for it, the food, the weather, the frozen beer glasses and the laws that encourage you to carry large dogs on motorbikes.  I myself love England and have missed my walks. 

Back to it today and see a real walker as I am loading the reluctant labradoodle into the car.  Mrs Bish is out again on a relentless 20 mile walk to stourbridge and back to prepare for her china marathon.  Good luck.  Makes my 6 miler look like a stroll in the Park.

First weekend of every month, I am completing in order a walk from Julie Royle's Worcestershire Walks book.  This is another cracker.

The drive to Knightwick is worth it in itself.  Park up just over the footbridge from the Talbot - home of award winning English Breakfasts and follow the Worcestershire Way signs down a country lane before picking up the River Teme at Osebury Rock.  We stop for consideration about whether to continue.

Risk it for a Biscuit?

The bulls were only babies

Work our way around Lulsley Court and set their dogs off in the garden.  They are jealous because Molly is out on a walk and they are in the garden.  Lulsley Court is up for sale and can be yours for a cool £845K.  Thought about putting an offer in, but there is no shop or pub local.  What are you going to do when you run out of Oxo Cubes then?

We then have a lovely sunken path that we follow adjacent to the hop fields.  Like the sign on Hoppickers cottage. 

That's £2, right?

After crossing a disused railway line, we follow Folly Road around Folly Farm.  Llamas are becoming a bit passe these days.... they are all over the place.



What are they for?

This leads me to Alfrick.  Now, I don't think that I have ever been to Alfrick before.  And its only 13 miles away.  Agree with the sentiments on the Wiki page.  The memorial cross had too many names on it for a place of this size and 5 from the same family.  Sobering.

Nice place.  Wouldn't want to live there.  It has a shop.  The pub is out the village.

Births, deaths, marriages

Stiff climb up out of Alfrick onto Crews Hill where we hit the finest part of the walk, the Worcestershire Way.  I have travelled this country walking and this path is one of my favorite places.  Broad ridge with great views east and west.  Lovely.

I am a silhouette.... scaraboosh... fandango

So I've had a nice day and the ladies have been out spending the cash.  Ellie thinks she is the proud owner of a bright red fiesta.... her mom may have a different opinion of ownership.  Alex pee'd on her chips a little by mentioning she just needs to pass her test now.