My Local
A familiar walk from home - inspired by the pages from the book "Worcestershire's Historic Pubs". Sometimes, it's good not to have to wait at bus stops whilst your plumber drives past, winds down his window and hollers "Bus W*nker!" at you.
I'll try not to repeat text on this familiar walk over Burlish Top, Ribbesford and back over Stagborough Hill.
Blackstone Rock, observed from the other side of the river.
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| Hermit home of the baby rescuer of Bewdley |
Ribbesford Church, I've still not completed as much research as this page. There's no need. They have done the work for me. At long last, I have paid attention to the tympanum - a carving above the North door. It shows a hunter, a skinny dog and an unidentified animal, rumoured through folklore to be a duck billed platypus. Not that we have many of those in Worcestershire. I also noted how the original Norman church is much extended, with an extra arcade supporting the roof with oak beams.
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| Ribbesford Church |
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| Tough to photograph - a hunter, a skinny dog and whatever that is on the right |
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| Space and airiness created by an extension |
The trig point at Stagborough Hill logged and recorded in the relevant ticking app.
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| Views over Ribbesford Woods |
See - I told Mrs M I wouldn't get bored in retirement. I'm still finding things to record on very familiar walks. A "busy fool" is what she calls me.
Which brings me on to my local. The Good Beer Guide regular, The Black Star.
No point creating work. Here is my PubsGalore review;
The current owners have just celebrated their 10 year anniversary. Its no exaggeration to say they saved the town but doing the basics very well. Exceptionally kept beer that is just about the cheapest I find outside spoons. Butty Bach currently £3.80. Decent food, cobs, pork pies. Live music everyday of the weekend.
There was simply nowhere to go for a decent pint before they took it over. As a result of the "grey pound" coming back out, other pubs have come from the ashes (Swan), upped their game considerably (Hollybush, also in GBG). We even have a micropub and a brewery in town.
The building is actually three terraced together - a front cottage. An old chapel and where the kitchens are, a former school. Decent outside patio.
Now a freehouse, it still has close ties with Wye Valley. All theirs on and usually LocALE breweries such as Ludlow Gold and Fownd from Kidderminster.
Always busy. It shows the demand is there for a well run pub.
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| Three buildings - the highest, a chapel, the smallest a school. |
Let's see what the Historic Pubs of Worcestershire has to say;
Long Live the Local!
Walk Details
Distance - 8 Miles
Geocaches - 0
Walk Inspiration - WikiLoc
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