Tewkesbury to Worcester-19 miles

The weather forecast for this morning had been filled with doom and gloom with wet weather and strong winds by 11 am.I felt that my best plan was an early breakfast and to try and get as near to Worcester before the deluge began. Leaving Tewkesbury I crossed two large rivers,the Avon and the Severn. My plan was to follow the Severn all along the Severn way footpath to Worcester . After three mile of doing this all seemed well, all I had to do was to follow the river. Suddenly without warning everything changed. The path I was following stopped and disappeared into a large jungle of Hymalian  balsam . This was about 8' tall and provided no clue on where to go. I thrashed my way through and by now my coat was soaked and covered with pink debris from the flowers. After about 20 yards more of jungle warfare I found traces of the path again and arrived at Shipton upon Severn. I decided after this episode that I would take the minor roads along side the Severn until they took me via a cycleway to the centre of Worcester. As I reached Worcester the cathedral bells were ringing and I found my B and B and reflected on my days adventure. It had stayed mostly dry all day and the prophets of doom were proved wrong. My journey had come to the end for another year. Next year it would be time to visit Shropshire and Cheshire God willing.