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Cheap & Cheerful, Bewdley, 11th August 2025
192/365: Cheap & Cheerful, Bewdley
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A mildly unpleasant day's weather today, with a very warm feel but not a great deal of sunshine, so it felt muggy and close. Even some light rain in the evening, although not enough to do the garden much good. Today's photo is of Bewdley's only real discount shop, Cheap & Cheerful. It's as piled high with stuff inside as it is outside, so despite being a fairly small place it does stock a lot of things! Ironically, it's not that cheap -- in some cases it's better value to go into Kidderminster and visit one of its much larger discount stores or even a supermarket. It's certainly convenient, though, as long as you've remembered your physical money as it's still a cash only shop. The bunting above the sign is in Bewdley Rowing Club colours and is left over from the regatta a couple of weeks ago.

Into the woods

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Octagonal structures, Wyre Forest, 10th August 2025
191/365: Industrial remnants, Wyre Forest
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I had a quiet Sunday, which was fine by me, but I did go for a fairly long walk in the afternoon. This took me off the beaten track in the Wyre Forest -- although there were footpaths, I met one person (and his quiet dog) in at least half an hour, and this on a dry Sunday in August. Anyway, I went looking for structures I remembered from several years ago, and happily I found them. These are almost certainly relics of the once-significant charcoal burning industry in the forest, which survived into the early 20th century. The flat light makes it hard to see, but there's a second octagonal, brick-sided structure behind the main one. Perhaps they were part of small kilns, or perhaps they held pools to wash charcoal. I don't know.

Music, Maestro, please!

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Austin Maestro van, Kidderminster, 9th August 2025
190/365: Austin Maestro van, Kidderminster SVR station
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I was off to see friends in Worcester again today, but at Kidderminster station I noticed that the SVR was having one of its occasional classic vehicle days. Although there were some much older cars than this on display -- I think the oldest was mid-1930s -- this is the one that caught my eye. An Austin Maestro City 500 van, of which there are only something like 15 left on the road. Indeed, there are fewer than 100 Maestros of any kind still running, remarkable when you consider that hundreds of thousands were made during the 1980s. Sadly the Austin Rover company had awful quality control at the time, and most have simply rusted away. The few that remain are mostly show cars like this one -- the reason I haven't obscured the number plate. You can also see a Morris Minor behind, but those are much more common today.

Just a quick post tonight

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Evening field, Bewdley, 8th August 2025
189/365: Field at evening, edge of Bewdley
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Not much to report here today. I only went out for one walk, and here's a photo from it. This was in the evening, hence the low sun. It's a field on the edge of Bewdley that's well known locally as it's conserved in a low-tech fashion to encourage wildlife. Those ancient trees are the cherries -- they no longer produce fruit, but they're the last remnants of the orchards that used to cover this area a century ago, before modern suburban development. (Just behind me is a housing estate.) Under the trees is a long-abandoned tractor. Also, we could do with some rain.

Bridging

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River Severn from Worcester Bridge, 7th August 2025
188/365: River Severn from Worcester Bridge
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I had to be in Worcester today for reasons that aren't interesting and took up quite a bit of the day without being especially enjoyable. Ah well, at least it didn't rain! Today's 365 photo is a classic scene that, like yesterday's pic, I've posted before but not as part of this project. It's the view down the River Severn from the main bridge in Worcester city centre. You can see the Cathedral in the distance and the "Glover's Needle" (a spire that's lost its church) to the left.
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A grave interlude

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Railwaymen's graves, Bromsgrove, 7th August 2025
187/365: Railwaymen's graves, Bromsgrove
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I had a fairly busy day today, but it wasn't an especially interesting one. There was one highlight: the woman who served me in Waterstones recognised the line of cutie marks on my T-shirt! Not often you find another MLP fan in the wild in the UK. Otherwise it was mostly drudgery. This photo is of a subject I'm pretty sure I've posted here before, but it wasn't part of 365 then so I'm saying it's ripe for a repeat! It's the twin graves, in the churchyard of St John's, Bromsgrove, of Thomas Scaife and Joseph Rutherford. These men worked on the early railways and died in 1840 when the engine's boiler exploded -- a sadly common occurrence before later improvements in workmanship and safety standards.

Top Ghia

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Ford Sierra, Kidderminster, 6th August 2025
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This isn't something you see every day any more, although it was once extremely common. It's a Ford Sierra! Younger readers may not remember these, and Americans may not recognise them, but they were once absolutely everywhere in Europe – they sold almost 1.3 million units in the UK alone during their 11-year production run. This one dates from 1993, the final year of production. It's in the Ghia spec, the highest trim level -- although you can barely see it on the photo, it has miniature wipers for each headlight in the way some Volvos used to. Although this car is over 30 years old now and very much considered a classic, it looked as if it was used regularly, something I was very happy to see.
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Bewdley from Sandy Bank, 4th August 2025
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This is simply a fact. At least, it is when you have a series like the fantastic England-India match-up that's just ended 2-2. India may have won the final match by six runs, but the result was in doubt until the very last ball. Chris Woakes came out to bat one-handed with his arm in a sling¹ and, though he didn't face a ball and arguably shouldn't have come out, I don't think anyone will soon forget it. In truth England should have won this match and probably lost it with two rather cheap wickets yesterday evening, but India should be congratulated for coming through in the end. It's been a great series, and if the Ashes this winter are anything like as exciting we'll be in for a real treat.
¹ For non-cricket fans: Test cricket has strict limitations on substitutes, even in cases like this. If Woakes hadn't appeared, the match would already have been lost.

Today's photo doesn't have anything to do with cricket, I'm sorry to say! It's actually related to yesterday's pic. This one is the view of Bewdley town centre from halfway up Sandy Bank, the road I showed in my last photo. Prominent here is St Anne's Church, the town's second most famous landmark after the river bridge. By this time of day (late afternoon) it was a very nice day, although there'd been a short period of quite squally rain earlier as a front moved through.

Banking on it

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Sandy Bank, Bewdley, 3rd August 2025
184/365: Sandy Bank, Bewdley
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After yesterday's exertions, today was a much quieter day and spent entirely in Bewdley. I made myself buttered toast for breakfast, and that was probably the highlight of my day. I'm now more than halfway through my 365 project (a fact I forgot to mention yesterday) and so far I've managed something for every day, even if one or two have had to be uploaded later. This is Sandy Bank, a steep side road just outside Bewdley town centre. There's a fairly good view down over the town from a raised path on the left just around that corner at the top. As you'd expect, when the road was named centuries ago, it was a sandy bank. These days it's notable for... well, not much, really. It's at the end of the town's 20 mph zone, but that's about the highlight!

Bacon and Beacon

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Worcestershire Beacon summit, 2nd August 2025
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I was in Great Malvern today, and fortunately the weather was good. Not always sunny, but there was at least some sunshine and it was both dry and moderately warm without being too hot. It was a busy Saturday in Malvern, as there was a craft fair in the grounds of the Priory and a low-key free music festival in the adjacent Priory Park (the same place I was at last week for Malvern Pride). But after a bacon butty for brunch, I also took the opportunity to do some hill-walking. For the first time in two or three years I went right to the top of the Worcestershire Beacon, which at 425m is the highest point in the Malvern Hills and in the county as a whole. A pretty steep walk, and my muscles will remind me of it tomorrow I'm sure, but worth it for the views. As you'd expect on an August Saturday it was really busy up there -- it's something of a miracle that this photo of the toposcope plinth on the summit doesn't have about 20 people in it! 

Two-way traffic!

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Two-way traffic on Bewdley Bridge, 1st August 2025
182/365: Two-way traffic on Bewdley Bridge
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This may not seem like something sufficient for me to use the "ecstatic" mood setting – but believe me, it is. The reason is that because of large-scale flood defence works on the eastern bank of the river (the one I'm standing on) Bewdley Bridge has been one-way-only for nearly two years, bar short periods over the Christmas holidays. So in fact it's pretty exciting to see traffic going in both directions over it again. The works are not quite finished, as some Severn Trent (water company) works need to be completed in the autumn, but hopefully that will not lead to a full closure and/or will be completed pretty snappily. The only downside to having two-way traffic here again is that I now need to look both ways when crossing the road again!

A muggy day

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St Anne's Church, Bewdley, 31st July 2025
181/365: St Anne's Church tower, Bewdley
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I can't manage puntastic subject lines every time, I'm afraid! But yes, the weather was really muggy today. We avoided the heavy rain that affected parts of Herefordshire and Gloucestershire -- in fact it stayed completely dry -- but despite ordinary temperatures the humidity levels made things feel very uncomfortable. Even just walking at a moderate pace for 20-30 minutes, which is usually something I do in my sleep (not literally!) was quite draining. In the afternoon the cloud lifted and the sun came out, making things a little more pleasant-feeling. Here's the tower of St Anne's Church in Bewdley town centre, taken from a slightly unusual angle.
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Milk float, Kidderminster, 30th July 2025
180/365: Milk float, Kidderminster
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It's not that often you see a milk float nowadays. When I was a child these things were everywhere, as the large majority of milk was delivered to the doorstep in glass pint bottles. Most came via milk floats, most of which at the time were by far the most common electric vehicles on the roads (although a few were converted petrol or diesel vans). However, British supermarkets began to sell milk in cartons and plastic bottles around 1990, and after that doorstep deliveries dropped off a cliff due to price undercutting, falling to around 3% by the mid-2010s. In recent years, there's been a modest revival, with the reusable nature of glass bottles and the upmarket associations of doorstep milk playing their part. This one is operated by Dean's Dairy and is the traditional electric type -- you can see the battery compartment under the flatbed.

Van Horace On

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Horace the Van, Bewdley, 29th July 2025
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Another day when I really didn't do anything much of note. The Sainsbury's delivery came in the early evening, and there was only one minor substitution. I also went for a couple of walks, because that's the kind of remarkable person I am. It rained a bit in the late afternoon. I drank a few cups of coffee. Yes, this is the exciting nature of Logan's World. :D Horace here (yes, the van's called Horace) is a well-known fixture in the part of Bewdley you see in the photo. It's a 1968 Citroën... something, not sure what, that's been very nicely restored. I have seen it running, so it's definitely not just a picturesque parked wreck!

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