From Priest Holes to the Posada
A 14 Mile Walk in Country Walking Magazine has the half way point at the National Trust's Old Moseley Hall.
Seems a more sedate way to spend a Monday by splitting the walk in half.
The Birmingham Canal Main Line is picked up more or less at the station and followed for almost the entirety of the walk. Toothless beggars looking for a pound as they try to get to a five. How they must curse the advent of contactless. Street drinkers balanced on locks. The smell of Jazz cigarettes at almost every human interaction.
Everyone met having a better day than the commuters on the train into town.
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| Inner City Walking |
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| Street Art - Spacemen on Jazz Cigarettes |
Fast walking on the canal, which is left under the M54 and then some unpleasant road walking along the uniquely named Cat and Kitten Lane.
Old Moseley Hall - a Tudor farm house, with not an uneven floorboard within.
Moseley Old Hall is a 17th-century farmhouse in Staffordshire, best known for sheltering King Charles II after his defeat at the Battle of Worcester in 1651. The house, built of red brick with timber-framed elements, features a traditional Elizabethan design with gabled roofs and a rich interior reflecting its period charm. It played a key role in the king's escape, with a priest hole used to conceal him from Parliamentarian soldiers.
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| The new brick frontage concealing a timber frame within |
Make the most of my NT Membership by having a quick mosey around the rooms and feeling that I really ought to ask questions of the wonderful volunteers who give me the history. When it gets to Charles II, I can add that I have just walked the Monarch's Way to get here.
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| Tudor Dining |
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| Sound advice for any situation |
Next challenge is to work out how to get back into town. Would you believe me if I told you the 14:05 number 65 bus was on time? Would you also believe me if I told you a 4 mile as the crow flies journey takes just 5 minutes shy of an hour. Ask me a question about the parking zones of New Cross Hospital. I dare you.
This gave plenty of time to work out where I wanted to take my refreshments. The Great Western too obvious and worthy of saving for the second leg. My transport ticket enabling the continuation of my long neglected "Nearest Pub to Metro Stops" odyssey, which has sadly stalled at the first stage. Monday afternoon is asking for trouble to do a pub crawl anywhere.
So, its a revisit to an old classic. The Posada. C19th Victorian ornately tiled Good Beer Guide stalwart. Quite what the Spanish connection with Wolverhampton is, I don't know. Foreshadowing Adama Traore's arrival perhaps.
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| Handsome |
The Bath Gem was a delight of deep lacings showing exactly how much liquid could be consumed per gulp. The ambiance, jolly afternoon drinkers and a minor kerfuffle with a gentlemen who demanded cobs, when no cobs were for sale. He took his trade to the Lynch Gate Tavern, where he cobs desires would be more than sated.
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| Happy Drinking in Wolvo |
Walk Details
Distance - 8 Miles
Geocaches - 4
Walk Inspiration - Country Walking Magazine May 2024, Walk 14
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