Pevsner's Pershore
The second part of Jonathan Meades Travels with Pevsner details Pershore. A perfectly intact Georgian town.
A Walk Midlands Rail Trail from WalkMidlands has been on the to-do list for a while. Time to knock this off, and investigate Toyah-town with eyes afresh.
After a couple of city walks, it's good to be in the countryside again, even if this falls at the boring end of the walking scale. We have flat agricultural fields - burnt to a crisp, hard underfoot and with significant cracks in the soil ready to twist an unsuspecting ankle. The prize - Bredon Hill - is permanently in view - with only a couple of Northern Cotswold villages to break up the monotony.
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| Ashchurch, providing the only geocache of the day |
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| Today's vista |
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| Too early for Kemerton's Crown Inn - a mooch around the church instead |
I'm unsure if I have approached Bredon Hill from this direction before but as with the routes I have taken, it's a gentle climb. Shady woodland at the top provides a fine location for a lunch break.
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| Pershore - identified by the Abbey below |
The descent is via the Wychavon Way, familiar paths touching Great Comberton and the river Avon for a brief moment before more flat walking to the town.
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| Great Comberton Church |
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| Pershore's old bridge declaring the walk is over |
Pevsner dedicates many pages to the Abbey. I decide to only concentrate on Bridge Street - his text providing detail on design features otherwise missed, but I will spare you photos of doorways.
Bridge Street is also home to an ever dwindling number of pubs. The Brandy Cask now a private home.
The ones that remain hardly tear up any trees but after drinking increasingly warm water in a heatwave, the euro fizz available was more than welcome.
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| Cruzcampo and a riverside terrace |
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| Millers Arms - former GBG and best in town (IMHO) |
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| The Three Tuns in Pevsner's text - now a "not for Mappiman" hotel |
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| For ladies who lunch and also a Championship Timothy Taylor outlet for cooler days |
Walk Details
Distance - 10.75 miles
Geocaches - 1
Walk Inspiration - Walk Midlands
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