Saturday 4 May 2013

Well dressed, Malvern Hills, Worcester


St James' Church
More of the wells from Malvern Hills Well Dressing annual festival, (see yesterdays entry for more details). St James' Church well was dressed by Sara Bennett and Brian Graham.
West Malvern Tap
West Malvern Tap was decorated in various princess fairy tale themes, including Rapunzel. This well was the work of West Malvern Garden and Nature Club.

Haysald
Hayslad well as dressed by Dan and Karen Smith is going to be the site of one of the well blessings. The blessing ceremony there will be conducted on Monday at 3pm by members of local Druid groups and anyone is welcome to join them.

Royal Well
Royal well was dressed by Carol, Wayne and Pippa Seaton.
Evendine Spring
Evendine spring was decorated by Aquartet taking their inspiration from the tradition of Faeries, Dryads and Naiads in folklore.
Lower Wyche Trough
At Lower Wyche Well the Himalayan story of Saraswati and was dressed by Caroline Harris and Jean Williams.

Whilst the Lower Wyche spout, dressed by Debbie and Jess Sly tells John Ruskin's tale of The King of the Golden River.
Malvhina
Malvhina Well was dressed by Jan Bowden and will be the site of the local Buddhists water blessing ceremony on Monday at 11am, and all are welcome to attend.
Temperance Fountain
The Temperance Fountain well was dressed by the St Joseph's Swans and Cygnets Pre-School, and they had written a tales about a princess and a swan and her cygnets, which was very sweet.
Stocks drinking Fountain
The Stocks drinking Fountain Well, situated just below the local stocks, was dressed by the 7th Malvern Girls Brigade, as The Three Billy Goats Gruff and came complete with bridge, goats and a troll with oranges for eyes.

Clock Tower
The clocktower well was dressed by Ian Woodcock and Susan Hale and consisted of a decorated tree and willow gazebo frame, and a rather stunning green man over the tower entrance.

Tank Quarry
Rapunzel was the theme again, at the North Malvern Tap at Tank Quarry, which was dressed by 1st Malvern Link Rainbows and Brownies.
My favourite wells would be, in first place the Temperance Fountain Well by St Josephs Pre-school, in second place would be Bilbo Baggins home by Sheila Maund, as shown yesterday. Equal third would be the Girls Brigade Billy Goats and the Jack and the Beanstalk well by Malvern Wells school.











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