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    2022/02/06 Long - Bob - Elgar Route Malvern

    Cycle route mapped by  Worcester U3A Long Cycle Group Photo
    2 years ago

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    We go out through Powick and Bransford and then follow the Leigh valley until just before Longley Green where we turn towards Storridge and take the gruelling climb up to Birchwood where Elgar learnt to ride a bike. As you slog up this long hill you can reflect on the fact that an Edwardian gentleman such as Elgar would have pushed his Royal Sunbeam up this slope! After a distant glimpse of Birchwood we push on to Malvern for coffee.

    After that its into your lowest gear for a short but brutal climb up St Ann’s Road and then by way of Foley Terrace and Lower Wyche Road to Craeg Lea (anagram of E Elgar and A for Alice [his wife] and C for Carice [his daughter]) where Elgar moved to in 1899. After that its on to St Wulstan’s Church to see his grave and then an easy ride back home via Welland.
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