British Camp, Malvern Hills

My friend and I

Looking north west along the hill ridge

Today I went for a walk along the lower path on the west side of British Camp hill. We were playing with the panoramic feature on my phone. The west path follows a very gentle gradient towards the top of the hill. We then went down the steeper eastern side of the hill. Today was the first really warm day, and windless too. The walk could not have been more idyllic.

Looking West towards Colwall

Looking east towards the reservoir

Colwall visible in distance

Looking west up hill

British Camp, Malvern Hills

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Yesterday was very foggy, which doesn't really show up on my camera. To try and show you how foggy I stood on the common at Link Top in Malvern. One of these pictures shows the hills behind the common, but which one?

Today it was beautiful, clear skies and sunshine. The views from British Camp were spectacular. British Camp is so named as various armies have had forts there and have dug moats and ridges in to the hillside. The views are spectacular across both the Severn valley flood plain in Worcestershire and the rolling hills of Herefordshire.

View looking north from British Camp

View looking west from British Camp

View looking north of earthworks on top pf British Camp

View looking east

Panoramic view looking east

Tree detail

Yellow lichen growing on trees

Bracing walk on Malvern hill.

Tree detail

View from top of Joyner's meadow

Very bent tree trunk

Today is incredibly windy so my walk was very bracing. I walked around the Joyner's meadow area above West Malvern. If you look at the trunk of the fir tree you can see just how shaped by the strong winds they have become. 

It was also quite overcast today. It was only 2 pm when I went past the gas lamp above St James's, but as you can see it was so dark it was already lit.

Entrance to Joyner's meadow

Hill near St James

Narnia gas lamp, actually lit

Moody skies over Malvern

View of Colwall from Gardiners Quarry

View of hills in the north

 The snow has virtually all gone now. Set off from Gardiner's Quarry car park. The skies are heavy with clouds, and look so moody. The wind is incredibly stiff and biting. It is beautiful though.

Views to the North

Silver birch trees

Silver birch detail