The Malvern Hills

DATE 25.11.2011

It looked like a light dusting of snow on the fells from down in Newlands this morning. The moment we left the cars, the skies unleashed a heavy bombardment of hail stones and later that day it seemed the weather had plenty more ammunition up it's sleave. Our first summit, 'Robinson' was tackled by ascending High Snap Bank. A grassy ridge with a couple of fun, simple scrambles.

After a brief rest with hot coffee at the top we followed Littledale Edge to Hindscarth. This turned out to be quite a slog due to very deep snow. We all managed to lose our feet once or twice and I managed to fracture my thumb :( OUCH! BLOODY OUCH! It swelled almost instantly and for the rest of the day I avoided using it.

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A day off work and an itch to scratch. I didn't fancy traveling for long on the roads on a friday but where were the closest substantial hills? From my house The Malverns are only a 2 hour drive. Yes! 2 hours is close for me :(

We parked up in Great Malvern close to the Clock Tower and zigzagged our way up to the top of North Hill. From here it was clear to navigate our way by following the line of summits, Worcestershire Beacon, Summer Hill, Perseverance Hill, Jubilee Hill, Pinnacle Hill, Black Hill, Herefordshire Beacon, Millennium Hill and down Hangman's Hill.

At the bottom of the hill is an Old Priory (check your map) and from the roadside here, we intended on getting the bus back to Great Malvern. These times aren't too frequent and we just missed the bus. We actually saw it!!

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