Two Days in Worcester.
I had never considered a stay in the city of Worcester, but I knew of its Sauce and Heat Slave Boilers and of course Royal Worcester China! Now having watched the TV series entitled Canal Boat Journeys presented by Robbie Cummings from his own Canal Boat, The Naughty Lass, I was struck by the beauty of the River Severn as he passed through Worcester and its Cathedral before entering the Birmingham Canal.
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Must go there, I thought.
Take a lighthearted look at our travels around Worcester where we visited the medieval Cathedral which has partially reopened following roof damage caused by Storm Arwen, and we witnessed an organ recital. We then visited the cricket ground and took a walk along the river bank on the Three Choirs Way. We crossed the River Severn at Diglis Island to take the unplanned opportunity of joining a group who were going underground to watch the recently built Salmon Run designed to help fish who cannot get up the Weir. Worcester is a university City and there were cyclists, rowers, joggers and generally a grand vibe.
We stayed in the right hand side of the red brick building known as Browns.
These young rowers had their own cox and a trainer in a separate boat.
No, not rubbish flowing down the river but sleeping swans under the cathedral tower.
The pavement in the foreground has a surprise as fountains are set off at regular intervals to add a bit of drama...
Pigeons galore and many swans for which the City is well proud as it boasts
"A beautiful swan sanctuary right in the heart of Worcester".
Browns is in a super position to watch life going by.
Worcestershire County Cricket Club - surely one of the nicest settings in England, except, of course for Taunton!
A few photographic angles
showing the beauty of this famous Cathedral
Meanwhile, outside the Cathedral, life carried on as usual as rowers forged their way past and canal boats came and went from the entrance to the Birmingham Canal.
There are many stories about the good and improving water quality of the River Severn and this website link back to 2015 shows the salmon leaping a weir much higher up the river as these beautiful fish go upstream to spawn
You will have seen on the above link that the authorities had built a salmon run beside the weir which wasn't being used, the salmon preferring to jump the weir. Move forward several years and a new salmon run has been installed at the weir in Worcester, much further downstream, where fish are using this alternative to save injuring themselves and move upwards towards Shrewsbury and beyond..
We joined a group who ventured underground to a viewing room where we could watch fish movement, real time. Alas, no big fish at the time of our visit but a small shoal of fish passed by, much to our excitement.
