Himley Thursday 14 May 2015
Start: Stourport on Severn
Finish: Himley
Miles walked today: 15
Total miles: 349
A day of rain and wonderful surprises:
The route this morning took me to Bewdley, along the Severn Way to Upper Arley, then along the North Worcestershire Path to Kinver, via Kinver Edge - a ridge with great views. The rain started quite gently, then set in with a vengeance.
At Kinver, I sat in the caves and drank a hot chocolate, while Googling and phoning to find a room. Eventually, I managed to book something at Himley.
Emerging from the National Trust tearoom into the rain, I took the route of the Staffordshire and Worcestershire canal most of the way to my room at the Himley House Hotel. Ken phoned. He'd been trying earlier but I couldn't answer as I dared not get my phone wet. It turns out he's in Bridgenorth!
He's driven all the way up to Staffordshire to join me for a day or two. I'm gobsmacked. His plan was to walk nonchalantly towards me as I walked north along the Severn Way, and bump into me, but my route wasn't as he anticipated. He joined me at the hotel. It turns out there aren't any twin rooms so we are going to make do with my double. Eric and Ernie all over again :-) It is a huge bed. Honestly...
