Upton upon Severn

Thursday 31st March 
Day 1



As we left home for this weeks day trip we didn't really know where we were going, after popping into town to get some cake to go with tea we sat on the car park and decided to go to Malvern.
We took the A38 through the city of Worcester, which although busy wasn't a problem, as we drove past Kempsey we had a quick change of mind turned left and headed for Upton upon Severn.


We parked easily on the long stay car park just out of town, pay and display of course but at only £1 for two hours was good value.
The quick walk to the ticket machine taught me one thing, to put my coat on! it was absolutely freezing, 5 degrees on the thermometer. On the second attempt to leave the van we had thick winter coat, wooly beanie hat and gloves, it was still cold and as we left the warmth of vera it started to snow.




Upton is a lovely little town is a situated on the west side of the river severn about 5 miles from Malvern. The distinctive tower you see as you enter the town is locally known as the "pepper pot" the only surviving part of the former church of St. Peter and St. Paul, in the summer its full of visitors especially during its various music festivals but today it was almost deserted, we walked along the riverside and back through the town as the snow flurries became heavier, after about an hour we returned to 'vera' totally frozen.



We had parked the van on the rather dull and uninteresting long stay car park so we drove the few miles to British Camp in Malvern to find a more picturesque spot, however, once in Malvern all the car Parks wanted £4.50 to park, we drove around the back of the hills passing the points where the famous Malvern water pours from natural springs.
We couldn't find anywhere where we could park for an hour to have a cuppa, so resigned to returning home without tea we left Malvern, just on the outskirts we found a free car park on the edge of a common where we parked, put the kettle on and finished our day off with cake and tea. 



benivanadventures - travels in our campervan

Trip Details:

Miles: 42
Ave MPG: 32.2 
Fuel Cost: £16.91 / £1.809 ltr
Car Parking: £0.00

Nights: 0
Camp Fees: £0.00
Camp Ave per night: £0.00 

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