Bench with a view.

[JohnP]

Taken last evening when walking on the Malvern Hills. Last time I sat on this bench the top was all split and rough, I'm please to see that Malvern Hills Conservators have been busy replacing quite a number of bench tops, at least our car parking fees are being put to good use... in all fairness the conservators do a splendid job of looking after the hills.

 

 

 

[Heather]

i could sit there for hours

[JohnP]

i could sit there for hours

 

I sat there for about half an hour, it was so cool and lovely... so much nicer than the 82 degrees in my flat, I actually spend quite a bit of time roaming about up there, not always in the same area though.

[Craftysnapper]

Now that's coincidence I just finished re-processing a older image with that same title..how weird is that.

 

Beautiful view by the way and I can see myself sitting there for a hour or two. 

[JohnP]

 

 

 I can see myself sitting there for a hour or two. 

 

Come and join me sometime... you are not that far away... pick a nice day though.

[ChrisLumix]

Taken last evening when walking on the Malvern Hills. Last time I sat on this bench the top was all split and rough, I'm please to see that Malvern Hills Conservators have been busy replacing quite a number of bench tops, at least our car parking fees are being put to good use... in all fairness the conservators do a splendid job of looking after the hills.

 

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Have they closed the loophole whereby you could park free in Malvern itself and access the hills at a point below St Anne's Well?

[JohnP]

I'm not sure Chris... I'm not aware of any free parking in Malvern these days. There is only one parking area for the hills that is free as far as I know and that is at Hollybush, it's off the Ledbury to Tewkesbury road, it's part of Eastnor Castle Estate and is not managed by Malvern Hills Conservators. I use that park when I go to Midsummer Hill and Ragged Stone Hill. Eastnor Castle Estate allows the public to walk around the deer park and lakes free, this is nice in this day and age. I know James Hervey-Bathurst who is the owner of Eastnor Castle, when I ran my little courier business he was one of my customers, he's a nice chap... not stuck up at all.. if I bump into him when in the deer park he always finds time for a chat. I remember one January I went to Willingale Tubes Ltd in Sudbury, Suffolk to collect over 100 boiler tubes for his three traction engines, the late Fred Dibnah was a friend of his and was staying at the castle when restoring these three monsters. I got caught in a very bad blizzard coming back and was lucky not to have to take refuge somewhere. He over paid me and gave me a crate of beer.