Walking

Ronnie and Chris walk the Malvern Hills. A walk over fifteen 630,000,000 years old pre-Cambrian, pink, granite tops, the highest of which is Worcestershire Beacon at 425 metres, covering a distance of approximately ten miles.  The walk is best done north to south, the hills in the south being generally gentler and less demanding than those in the north.  We walked at least fifteen of the named summits and probably climbed more than the height of Snowdon to do so!

W. T. Barber asserts that “The Kerry Ridgeway claims to be the oldest footpath in Wales, there are many prehistoric sights along its route.  All the way it is crossed by ancient dykes and runs close to the ancient caers (forts) and tumuli built by our ancestors.

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