Up, up and up again

Did you actually just sneak that photo in Sticki, or was there a very fortuitous stickitoffee cafe half way down the hill? btw...if you get the chance, on a sunny day, stick your nose in the gorse (avoiding the thorns) as some of them have a beautiful scent that reminds me of Pina Colada!! Speaking of Pina Colada......;)

No honestly there is a cafe virtually at the bottom of the hill. very welcome it is too!!

i like pina colada!!

lovely blog stickee. Tolkein also got some of is inspiration fro Malham in the yorkshire dales.

Love the fern seat. looks a victorian style, but there is a company that takes copies and then reproduces them in cast Aluminium. I have a set of lily of the valley seating.

what i would give for your treat yummy :o)

Wow! that really was a treat then! ;))

thanks SBG, i didnt know that about malham but i know its a beautiful place.

im sure the seat is reproduction but i quite liked its ferny pattern; fits in with the little sheltered place it is in and so victorian ~ Malvern is a spa town.

I did share [a bit] of the sticky toffee pudding with OH!!

Oh dear, I do despair of you! That really is sticky, Sticki!!!
Let me know when they install cable cars and I will join you lol!
We have just finished off our Christmas cake (no icing or marzipan) but it tasted gorgeous and we bought a whisky flavoured dundee cake from Tescos that bit the dust today..that was really yummy.
But I have been good and packed away a box of liqueurs and a tin of quality street for next Christmas (yerse..well..maybe....).
Next month its the gym for me (big sigh), regular walks sans snow and ice, and a sticky free diet. Well, what are NY resolutions for if not to break??
Still, I feel a good deal healthier after looking at those great pictures LOL!

Beautiful countryside, Sticki. Lovely sunset, lovely STP. Mmmm....

Great tour thanks!

Oh I am impressed Sticki, we often drive into Malvern passing along the bottom of the hills but I know I`d never make the climb.

you put the liqueurs away tet? how could you? they wouldnt have lasted this long in this house! we ate the christmas cake, finished it boxing day, made another ~ one that all the bits come in a box and thats half gone. glad im keeping you healthy.

thanks Oji, SS and Stroller ~ it was steeper than i thought!!!

A wonderful walk Sticki ... I think I have done it ! is this where St .Annes Well is at the top , I remember reading it wrongly and saying ' Stans Well ' I've never lived it down it has been called Stans Well ever since ..

Nice memory amy!! yes thats the one ~ thats where the seat is and the cafe. wish i had worked out the stitching before i took these pictures!!

Yes well never mind you you are an expert now , we shall be treated to many more fab pics I'm sure :o))

not sure about that, fun when it works though!!

Gorgeous views and photos bet that treat disappeared quick hehe

Thanks sixpence! Um well, I think it dissolved??

Lol Sticki glad you had a lovely time .

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That must have been a fantastic walk. You deserved your treat :o)

That walk was definitely worth the calories in that scrummy pud Stick! But what!! No cream?! Lol! Beautiful pics, and a lovely blog, Sticki! That tree just looks like something taken straight from Lord of the Rings, it's fascinating! Those roots make it look like it could actually walk!

Thanks hywel, I thought so too!

They did offer cream or even a chocolate bar stuck in the middle Libet, but I said no, a token gesture to healthy eating - oh and we ate outside, does that count!? I loved that tree too! Maybe that's where the Ents idea came from??

If ever a tree looked as though it would get up and walk - that one does! What a lovely walk! The 'dragon's back' reminds me of Cribyn in the Brecon Beacons. Looks similar. Fancy having a cafe at the BOTTOM of the walk!! The TOP is where you need it! We did a popular walk in this region - the Urdon to Treviso - and found a fantastic bar at the top with everything a climber would require - loos, mirrors, strong coffee, hot food, chairs and warmth! Glad you enjoyed the pud! Like you, I'm trying to put an extra 'oomph' into everything I do in order to wear off the results of all those mince pies and cake! Happy exercising!

lovely pictures Sticki - great views - those tree roots !!!! :))))))))

Lovely blog! Really love those old tree roots! :)
And of course your sticky toffe pud! mmmmmmmmmmm

I've only ever passed through your neck of the woods,Sticki.but it looks wonderful..Love those hills,and you must be so chuffed they named a pudding after you..what an accolade ! .lol...great blog and pics,thanks..:o)

Wonderful hills pics., Sticki .. really pretty :o)

Lovely blog Sticki really enjoyed your walk, I've been to the flower show in Malvern but never walked there, maybe next time :-)
Love that seat :-))

lovely blog and views sticki, and the pud looks good, also love the sunset pic to, nice walk :o))

Lovely views Sticki, I keep meaning to go for a climb.......with a Pina Colada in my flask!

you are kind, all of you, thank you for your lovely comments. It would be nice to take some of those pictures again in summer when its not quite so cloudy! You would be able to see the malvern show ground from the hills.

I agree Nariz, definitely better to have a cafe at the top, I thought there was one somewhere but the malverns stretch out a bit, we climbed to the Worcestershire beacon, perhaps there is a cafe nearer the Herefordshire beacon ~ also part of Malvern.

Not done this walk since I was a wee schoolgirl, was born and bred in Worcestershire, brings back some very happy memories, thanks for a lovely blog Sticki, oh and loved the treat of course.

you are more than welcome DD, lovely to know you came from here too!

Lovely blog Sticki, really enjoyed it. Your photos are getting better and better. One small request.... please dont show me the treats, trying to remove excess baggage from Christmas after over indulgence.!!! lol You deserved it though after that steep climb.

thanks PL, these pictures arent as clear as i would like them, it was a bit of a dull day.
sorry but the treats might have to stay ~ bit of a trademark!! but i could put a warning on ~ look away now!!??
im trying to keep off them myself now.

lovely blog Sticki, love the sunset and views very nice...

thanks surreylad, im sure we could see shropshire ~ so i should have quoted from 'the shropshire lad' ~ is there a poem called surrey lad??

Lol Sticki, :-))

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Hi Sticki What a lovely blog, thank you for taking us there , Love the treat to :)

Magical Lord of the Rings country. I remember being so inspired visiting the malverns as a child, and soon I'll go back. Thanks so much for sharing your trip, I really enjoyed it.

lovely pics there Sticki, love the sunset

thanks sue and trala, thanks stevie ~ i will confess ~ i did have the 'sunset setting' switched on the camera!! it was such a lovely gold.

Wow what a walk, just need to get my breath back, just loved the roots on that tree, looks like lots if werd and wonderful creatures could be livng there, Great views and you were rewarded with your namesake at the end too, worth the climb for the treat at the end;0)

Thanks PP, it was definitely very steep!

Lovely blog, Sticki, reminded me of a visit there many, many years ago. I missed out on the pudding though!

thanks Gee, shall i save you some next time?

Yes please - I'd love another visit :)

maybe when its a little warmer and clearer skies?

Ha..Lovely blog Sticki Saved to my fav's...I spy a drawing in there.

oh, thanks pimpernel ~ which is the drawing? the tree with those roots in the rock?

Exactly...How did you know?

thought it would appeal to your creative side.!!

look forward to seeing it.
will it be like arthur rackham type drawing?

Ok...Why Arthur Rackham.?

cos those type of trees always appear in his pictures, his trees always look as if they have faces peering out of them and long thin arms waving eerily around.

Malvern looks very tropical BTW

tropical??? well there wasnt any snow i suppose! are you thinking of the sunset?

It's good there are no calories in pictures of lovely food!
'Feast your eyes' as they say.
Like others here, my favourite pic is the tree with those weird and wonderful roots. Definitely Ent material.

Grand blog Sticki, I`ve never been to your part of the country so its lovely to see your pics, the one of the tree does bring to mind the walking trees in the films, lol,...

Thanks Oji and Lincslass; its nice to see other areas of the country and the world isnt it ~ thats one of the things i like best about GoY!!

absolutely agree Oji ~ photos are calorie free!!

Poaching a pear in red wine at the mo Sticki

oooooh very nice, never been very successful with those myself.
goes well with creme fraiche and some little soft italian biscuits.

Well just thinking about it isn't fattening...

no thats true steragram!

thinking doesnt stop me tasting it though.

terrific walk & views Sticki, love the photos.

thanks bampy! made me realise i need to get fitter!!

how was your walk?

I have added a link at the beginning of this blog for some Elgar music ~ I forgot to put it in when I wrote the blog ~ sorry.

Here it is again if thats easier:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NhnMd1Jl7SA

Love this blog, Sticki ... but I am pleased to have shared it from the comfort of my seat! ... There is a St. Ann's Well Gardens at Hove, nr. Brighton so I shall have to read up on it next . . . . .

thanks shirley and lovely to see you on the blogs again

some of this was on the michael portillo railway journey program the other day.

Thanks Sticki ... we have been watching his railway progs ... I shall see if it is still on the i-player ... thanks ... :o)

Can't remember which day it was on but I'm sure it was this week, maybe earlier in the week.

Thanks Sticki ... :o)

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Lovely pictures and what great views! :-)

oh, thanks red, thats kind. they are lovely views although it wasnt the clearest day.