After the bus connecting Ross-on-Wye, Newent, and Ledbury was axed in 2022, local people got together to find a way to get a replacement service. They have now succeeded, with buses rolling on a 2 hourly schedule from 2nd April. The timetable isn't online yet, but we understand that it will connect with trains at … Continue reading Get walking with new Daffodil Line bus
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Great to welcome a new website featuring day walks accessible without a car in the Midlands. Ledbury station to Malvern is "An early walk, very much a prototype!" according to the site creator's tweet. Check out Walk Midlands for more ideas. Note to Josh: would be good idea to update your Ordnance Survey Maps links … Continue reading Walks without a car in the Midlands
A recreational cycle ride or walk is always improved by a decent refreshment stop. Worth noting then that a number of new independent cafes have opened around the MalvernTrail area recently, despite the various restrictions we all had to respect. We've visited all of the following and can vouch for them as good refuelling stops … Continue reading Refreshing the local coffee stops
A rather neglected side project by MalvernTrail's editor, the Malvern Green website, has been brought back out of hibernation. With the appearance of some new local projects with an environmental slant, it seemed like a good time to turn it into a one-pager simply rounding up known current green initiatives in the Malvern Hills area. … Continue reading Going green in Malvern
This year has seen many more people cycling, certainly when the roads were quiet due to lockdown, but the take up of electric bikes helped for the hillier parts of Malvern, too. MalvernTrail has also added a number of entries to the listings of local cycle shops during 2020: Cranky Bikes - bike repairer with … Continue reading A good year for the bike business
This website now has a new design, ready for local activities to get going again in some form or another over the coming year. The seven year old WordPress 2014 default theme has been retired in favour of a cleaner 'Shoreditch' style, but the colour scheme and masthead stay much the same. Some content has … Continue reading MalvernTrail gets a 2021 refresh