LAST week’s walk by Powick Ramblers was on Tuesday, meeting at The Bell, Teweskbury, opposite The Abbey.

The six mile flat, open walk had no stiles, and included a water mill, an Angel, Odda’s Chapel, a battle, a Saxon church and a scenic village.

The walk will be led by Bob Baldwin.

The next walk is on Friday, October 5, meeting at the Queen Elizabeth at Elmley castle (GR983412) at 10am.

The four-mile hilly walk is to Parson’s Folly and Kemerton Hill Fort on Bredon Hill.

The Friends of Link Nurseries are selling a quiz with a horticultural theme for £1 to raise funds for the Friends and these are available from the Link Nurseries in Hospital Lane until October 10, World Mental Health Day. There are three prizes each of £10 redeemable at local nurseries.

Members of Powick Guild met in September when new chairman Margaret Woodward welcomed everyone, along with new president Mo Taggart.

Thanks were expressed to retiring chairman Rita de Boer who had been in the position for 30 years, and thanks were given to Thea Wild as outgoing president.

Members then learnt all about Lifepath at their September meeting. Meg Allsopp, who has helped as a Pilgrim Guide at each of the last five years, spoke about how the primary age children experienced what life was like as a mediaeval monk at Malvern Priory during one week in June.

The ladies were shown how the prayer journey was organised; how calligraphy was practised; what crafts were tried; how herbs were recognised in mediaeval medicine and how the Priory came to be a place of worship, a hospital, a hotel, a farm, a school and a place of prayer.

566 children had attended this year representing 16 local schools, and a group from Chernobyl also attended with interpreters.

On Sunday there is only one service in the Benefice and this is a combined service of Communion at 10.30am being held at Guarlford Church.

The RSPB (Worcester and Malvern Group) met for the AGM last week in Powick Parish hall. Thanks were expressed to Mike Stephens for raising £3,000 from the sponsored Bird Watch and over many years he has raised in excess of £33,000 for the RSPB.

A plaque was on display in memory of Dr Brian Cockayne and this will be displayed in the bird hide at Upton Warren Nature Reserve.

After the business meeting, an amusing talk and slide show was presented by Bill Inge on the unlikely subject of Bird Droppings. This proved to be interesting not only for the use of guano as a fertiliser but also in the way caterpillars mimic droppings.

Some stunning photos of birds were shown from across the world.