Chaddesley Corbett, Worcs - on the Monarch's Way

Arriving at Chaddesley Corbett along the Monarch's Way, there was so much to see that it deserved a blogpost all to itself.
You enter Chaddesley along this side road

I liked the display in the florist's window, advertising a performance of Benjamin Britten's "Noye's Fludde" at the church. Very colorful 

And here's the church...

...the only one in the country dedicated to St Cassian, a teacher who was attacked and killed by his students.

Hmmm, on to more pleasant things. In the churchyard, this mole poking up from the ground made me smile

The church is Grade 1 listed

Inside.

The pillars look surprisingly modern (they aren't)

I like the eagle lectern with the 21st Century communcation system.

A quaint old door

The Talbot Inn looked inviting 

Odd to have so many steps to get into the bar, but probably even worse to come down them if you've had one too many!
You can clearly see the wooden pegs that hold this, and most other timbered buildings, together. 

Amazingly twisted trunk on this climbing shrub. (Wisteria?)

Some people are so keen on timbered buildings they paint their brickwork.

Lovely buildings as the path leaves Chaddesley

And here we leave the Monarch's Way for the time being - school holidays are over: next section to be completed at Easter. (But shorter walks being done in the meantime, so keep watching the blog)
The Monarch's Way explained:

Today's walk: Along the Monarch's Way from Droitwich to Chaddesley Corbett. About 9 miles. We left a car at either end. very well signposted, but the clay fields are very sticky after rain. Recommended walk, however.