Steve and Vera went to look at the two wide Diglis locks that lead out on to the River Severn. Apparently in the old days when the Severn was in full flood boats could sail right over the locks!
Narrowboats were going through the locks and onto the wide river.
Cadbury’s used to carry chocolate crumb from here by narrowboat.
There are some impressive big boats moored here.
We sauntered around the historic city centre with a few coffee stops. We passed the Farrier’s Arms pub where we had a good lunch yesterday.
Edward Elgar lived in Worcester and died there in 1934. Sir Edward William Elgar, 1st Baronet, OM, GCVO was an English composer, many of whose works have entered the British and international classical concert repertoire.
We walked along the River Severn towards Worcester Bridge.
There were hundreds of swans and by Browns on the Quay restaurant the pigeons were having a fine old time in the fountains.
We had a break at the Severn View Hotel, which turned out to be busy traffic A38 View Hotel. The river was not visible from ground level.
There are some great old buildings in Worcester amongst all of the usual shops.
There were plenty of well-preserved old buildings amongst the modern ones.
The sun was beaming down on us and we had to cover up in the beer yard of the Anchor at Diglis.
Steve had a great fish finger sandwich and we enjoyed lunch here and made plans to return tomorrow for breakfast.
We liked the mirror in the garden.
In the evening we walked along the River Severn passing two huge wide locks and crossing an impressive suspension foot bridge to get to EGO at Manor Farm for supper at 6pm.
As part of a £5 million riverside regeneration project aimed at revitalising the Diglis Basin and Marina, Diglis Bridge was opened on the 20th of July 2010 as a new link in the National Cycle Network. It also creates a completely elliptical cycle path between Worcester’s main Sabrina Bridge and the Diglis Locks. At the time of writing, it is the most recent bridge to be built across Britains longest river – The Severn.
Designated as a pedestrian and bicycle bridge it was architecturally designed by YEE Associates and installed by Alun Griffiths Ltd as part of the ‘Sustrans Connect2’ (sustainable Transport) Initiative. The completed bridge is believed to have cost 1.8 million pound to develop and install.
The suspension bridge a-frame pylon tower is 28m in height and is inclined towards the river at a 22.5° angle. It’s believed to be only one of two Bridges worldwide where the cable-stayed tower inclines towards the span of the river – the other one being located in Tasmania. Google it to see pictures.
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