Day 2 of our short trip to Worcestershire started with the obligatory lie in and cheese / mushroom omelette!
The map didn’t lie! It was a lovely ride in the early afternoon sunshine. Although the 20 minute journey took us over 45!
Bewdley is a gorgeous little market town straddling the River Severn. Turns out it started life as a medieval port for Shrewsbury - which is over 30 miles up river. Now it’s very touristy and listening to the many ripe Brummy accents, I suspect it is a popular Sunday day out for the good folks of the West Midlands!
We parked up in a car park, finding a bit of shade for the dogs as we had decided to give ourselves a break from the antics of 2 badly behaved collies. They’re great off the lead but on the lead in a busy town with lots of other dogs it’s like walking the Kray twins!
We wandered through a number of market stalls selling crafty things and food before finding a coffee shop on the river (by the main bridge). The coffee was good, although Kim was puzzled that they served her fruit tea in a huge mug? I sorta get what she meant - the type of person who wants a fruit tea probably wants it in a teapot and tea cup not a big builders mug!
We bought some vegetable somosas and pakoras from one stall. We thought they were going to be hot - but they weren’t. We also thought that being on a stall they might be cheap - but they weren’t. We had one of the samosas on the way home and gotta say ... it was bloody nice!
After Bewdley we headed out of town about a mile and found a nice park by the river - Blackstone Riverside Park. The dogs (well Ben in particular) enjoyed cooling down in the river. They got incredibly muddy though and did that annoying dog thing of running yards out of their way to come and vigorously shake right by your side.
Once again we found another “long way home”, arriving back at the Old Orchard at about 4pm. Just in time for a leisurely cup of tea and a long chat with our new neighbours. A very pleasant (youngish!) couple from near Brighton in a brand new motor home.
Time for another walk around the fields. This time we stopped half way down the hill (where the view was at its best) and just sat down on the grass for 20 minutes or so. It was a beautiful hot Spring evening. Much better than a summer version as the heat was very pleasant and there were no beasties to annoy you! When you get to our age the pleasure of lazing around on the ground for a bit is only matched by the agony and ungracefulness of getting back on your feet!?
We teamed up to cook a magnificent paella for dinner. Kim instructed and I did the heavy lifting. It was good - mind you everything tastes better when cooked on the Caddy and eaten al fresco.
Just as last night, after the sun set it suddenly got very very cold. We scrambled back on board Brunnehilda and cranked up the heating. Tonight Kim got her own back and thrashed me at Backgammon. At 9pm we watched the TV highlight of the week - Line Of Duty. It was as excellent as normal. Leaving us, as always, with a cliff hanging / can’t wait for next week ending.
We watched the first part of an iPlayer Scandi drama, called The Man in Room 301, in bed. I don’t know if it’s anything to do with nearly 40 years working for a Swedish company but, I do love a Scandi drama. They are so dark - they suit my personality?!
Off home tomorrow but we’ve had a smashing weekend and successfully achieved the objective of giving Brunnehilda a good airing. Given the 6 months we’ve just had, this trip did Kim and I so much good as well - much thanks to Brunnehilda and the Old Orchard.
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