Of great concern was where is my case and when will I get hold of it. I rang the number given to me by Cathay around 8 and they said they had received no paper work. They thought it would be late in the evening at the earliest assuming they were going to deliver it for Cathay and that same day was authorised. They promised to call me back.
No luck with Cathay themselves which just connected to an answering machine. I rang later and they said still nothing but later rang to say they had the case and it would be delivered after 10pm. This did allow us to plan our day of sight seeing without needing to be back at Sylvia's to wait for the case.
We headed to Malvern which is at the top of the ridge between Worcestershire and Herefordshire. Normally you can see vast distances in both directions but it was too hazy today. Yesterday had started the same way and developed into a lovely afternoon, so we hoped for a repeat.
We finished up in Ledbury an Market town with a lot of Tudor and Elizabethan "black and white" buildings.
We saw the wall paintings on the council house upper floor and it was hard to believe the text in particular was the original and untouched.
After that we wandered along the old lane which had a number of exhibits and museums to the church and bell tower at the end.
We then went up the main street past some more lovely old buildings before going back to the car park and off to Tescos. As we were heading back through the centre of town a car pulled out in front of us, so we grabbed the parking spot and had lunch there as well.
We then visited Low Brokhampton manor, which has a cute white gatehouse and a moat.
They had just opened up 6 more rooms done up in different periods to honour the 400 years of ownership by the one family, before being given to the National Trust.
From their we headed back towards Worcester, stopping at a pub on the Teme River for a drink. They had a choice of tap beers called "This", "That" and "T'other"
Our final stop was Little Witley Church which was a long drive up a bumpy unsealed road. It is attached to a large manor house which was burnt out in the 1930's and never repaired, but the church itself was undamaged.
It was interesting enough at first glance with a clock tower with a shiny metal dome but the inside is stunning.
It is baroque style with white walls with gold filigree, stained glass windows and paintings on the walls and ceiling.
after a brief walk past the ruins and the river we headed back, stopping to get a chicken to roast for dinner and a few other bits of shopping.
I got a call promising my case would arrive between 10-30 and 11-30.
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