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Walk Inspiration - Pub Walks in the Malvern Hills, Walk 20
Less said about the walk, the better. It was along quiet lanes and agricultural fields in the shadow of the Southern Malvern Hills but there were issues. Footpaths disappearing into head height crops. Locked gates on Public Rights of Ways. Poor signage. Broken bridges. The list was near endless and I really should report the obstructions to Worcestershire Council.
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| Early Harvest in a Heatwave |
Lets concentrate on the Pub.
The Farmers Arms is a timeless joy and my third from last Worcestershire Tick in the 2022 Good Beer Guide.
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| Getting very close to completing my home county |
My walking guide book is a mere 20 years old - nothing when you consider that parts of the pub building supposedly date from 1480. A drovers stop for cattle men making their way from Wales to London. As per the text, it remains a Hook Norton House.
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| Give us our daily beer |
Popular on a Sunday lunch - with the usual suspects. Farmers, bemoaning the heat wave. Classic car enthusiasts on a jolly. A potential first date between a pair of septuagenarians on the next table. Not our fault they talked so loud that we had no choice but to eavesdrop.
No interior photos of a bar that looked unchanged for decades. Camra Heritage Pubs claiming the internal fit is from the 1950s.
Hook Norton Old Hooky just about surviving the heat but its the menu that will be remembered. Although unavailable on a Sunday (our day of visit) the A4 laminate detailed a mixed grill. That contained liver. And kidneys.
I will be back for the Holy Grail of grills.
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