Toilet Cave in Broken Britain
The Southern, Herefordshire side of the Malvern Hill. If you want to visit soon, you've got to be quick. It looks like the A449 to the British Camp car park will be closing for 4 months. Of course, the ice cream kiosk have got a petition to stop the closure. How else will they sell two ice-creams for £10 to exhausted ramblers? A man on minimum wage has got to work for two hours to provide a family of four with a 5 minute treat.
This country is broken.
Malvern has myriad paths, so the dodgy hand-drawn map in the Saturday Times was never going to be that useful. Christopher Sommerville wants you to go south on the Three Choirs Way (must be walked!) over Hangman's, Swineyard and Midsummer Hills. Then have a look at the Eastnor Obelisk before coming back on the Worcestershire Way to clamber over the top of British Camp.
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| Looking down over British Camp Reservoir |
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| Striding out on Hangman's |
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| Meeting the Gulley Quarry |
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| Up close at the Eastnor Obelisk |
Always trying to combine adventures - some things worked out, others didn't.
Facebook's Mysteries of Mercia wanted me to check out Clutters Cave.
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| Facebook Recommendation |
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| Looking In |
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| Looking Out |
I should have checked the Facebook post's comments. Now frequently used as a Rambler's Toilet.
There's a Trigpoint to bag on Midsummer's hill, which oddly isn't marked on the OS Map. A bit of pre-walking research would have helped.
As it would with the OS Marked Walm's Well, the oldest well on the Malverns. I was so close, yet distracted by the much more modern covered reservoir. The well is directly opposite, should I find myself in this part of the world again.
After the roadworks have cleared up.
And I have saved for ice-cream.
Walk Details
Distance - 5 Miles
Inspiration - The Times Saturday Walk, July 2025
Geocaches - 0
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