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Malvern View • Autumn 2011
Lower Sixth Walk for Charity Somewhat ironically, on the day of the announcement that drought conditions had been declared in the East of England, the first weather warning was given for heavy and continuous rain – on the day planned for the Lower Sixth Charity Walk (32 miles along the Worcestershire Way). Should we postpone or keep to the plan? All 75 walkers were keen to go ahead, after all how many times has the weather forecast been wrong in the past? But the rain arrived earlier than expected and the measure of it had been predicted quite accurately. By the 20 mile mark some were beginning to feel that the going was hard – we had been ‘on the road’ for seven hours and a few were beginning to look cold. So, at the Talbot Inn, some bode farewell to return home to school.
Two weeks later a sub-group of walkers gave it another go and, with temperatures this time approaching the 30°s and a cloudless blue sky above, they were in greater danger of sunburn and dehydration than a soaking. It was hot but the countryside was looking at its best and the Malvern Hills, rising in the distance, drew them slowly in. Most of those taking part achieved their personal marathon, completing 26 miles in some commendable personal times. Each pupil had selected a charity to support and the total amount raised exceeded £5,000. For so many reasons, congratulations to everybody who took part in the walks – it was such a worthy effort but it had been extremely tough. Peter Gray, IB Co-ordinator and Maths
Staff Profile: Jon Herod (OM No.6, No.4 and Hampton) Jon Herod has been teaching History at Malvern College since 2008. He was a city lawyer and chose to return to teaching and luckily, chose Malvern. In addition to teaching he is Deputy Head of the Sixth Form (Academic), he coaches the 3rd XI cricket team and is Master i/c Croquet. He is Master i/c Forum and a United States university counsellor. LIKES: History, especially 19th and 20th century history; listening to music, especially classical; and playing the guitar. He enjoys literature (history and fiction); languages, especially Spanish; travel (he is currently planning a trip to Lithuania and Belarus); and playing sport (cricket, running, 5-a-side football). DISLIKES: Time wasting, indolence and rudeness. Fortunately we have very little of that here!