06/05/26 - Worcestershire Cakes and Ales - Stage 1 - Martley to Malvern Link

Kid in a Sweetshop It's time to start my next challenge. The Worcestershire Cakes and Ales Trail.This is a 2009 book, that forms part of a trilogy. Other adventures await in Warwickshire and Shropshire. As the name implies, it's a themed walk - a theme of which 50% I wish to take advantage of.Stage 1 is a great walk - following the Worcestershire Way from Martley to Malvern. I don't get too many photos, as the terrain is mainly through a high ridge of woodland that eventually joins the big hills of Malvern. Ankerdine Hill to Rounds Hill to the Suckley Hills.That ridge provides most of today's walkingWhich is well waymarkedViews, when there are gaps in the treesFor company, I meet Steve. Steve is following the Worcestershire Way. So am I. We walk together until such points that the path has changed from my 25 year old digital edition of the OS Map to his more recent but printed copy. It becomes kind of embarrassing as we shake hands, say our goodbyes only to meet another mile down the…