Distance - 11.2 Miles
Geocaches - 3
Walk Inspiration
A fellow walk 1000 miler on Twitter provided the inspiration for this walk. His walk, as he homed in on the magic 1000 mile annual commitment, was tweeted and looked intriguing. A walk from nearby Tenbury Wells that visited three counties - Worcestershire, Herefordshire and Shropshire.
Alas, he wouldn't share the route with me, as he was following a Ramblers Members only download guide. Instead, I was able to google the key locations and find a similar walk from the stalwart of Country Walking Magazine, Julie Royle.
Rucksack packed with supplies, I head off to Tenbury Wells. Google the wiki for the history. Its a proud town, packed with historic buildings, all detailed with little blue plaques that come in handy on my return.
A couple of architectural photo opportunities, both with Geocaching. Tenbury Bridge and more interestingly, Burford Church. I rattled the door to gain access but I think its locked up for Covid, despite signs saying it would be open 10am till 4pm. The 1426 tomb of Princess Elizabeth, sister to Henry IV will have to wait for another day.
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Tenbury Wells Bridge and the River Teme
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Burford Church and Cross
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Its a climb out of the Teme Valley, up past Bank Farm and aiming for Greete and Little Stoke - mainly on car free lanes. The views are outstanding - the Teme Valley to the South and the Clee Hills to the North and in this instance, the lanes are providing a nice respite from the mud.
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Lanes near Greete, under the brooding Clee Hills
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Footpaths are picked up again at Little Stoke but you have to love the UK, where you can follow the signs and stride out across the beautifully manicured lawns of Bleathwood Manor - a farm in name only.
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View from a footpath
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The River Teme is crossed at Little Hereford, via a footbridge. A minor diversion to look at the directional sign post at Berrington Mill and its back to town along a very muddy cliff top path, high over the river. Yep, I fell over.
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Little Hereford Footbridge
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Easy Navigation at Berrington Mill
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75% through lockdown 2, I have once again come prepared with my own supplies. Lidl have the Belgian Beer Special Offer on - not kept in the booze aisle, but in the special aisle that contains deep sea diving boots and mig welders. After a ram raid of tripels and quadruples, I slipped a pork pie into my trolley to accompany my first ever Fullers Black Cab Stout. A stile providing seating.
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Lunch Stop
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Into Tenbury Wells and time to do one of the 3 multi stage caches available. This involved collecting information from 6 blue plaques on buildings of interest.
The first time caching has been interrupted by a cheesemongers but as well as supporting international budget supermarkets, I am supporting the independents too.
10 days until normal refreshment services return.
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The Kings Head, Tenbury Wells
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