Travel along Jubilee Drive and three quarters of the distance from the Wyche you will come to Evendine Lane which turns off and downwards in a sharp dog's leg bend. There you will at almost any time of the day or month of the year one or more cars with their occupants busy at the spring collecting the sparkling fresh water which runs into a stone touch. There is something very ancient and almost Biblical about this place, so cool in the height of summer when sheltered by the trees which over hang the road. I have met people who have travelled from Gloucester to fill their containers, other from nearer at hand. I even met my daughter in law there quite by accident. Conversation is easy and gossip exchanged, time seems immaterial. Fresh and almost fairy like in spring when huge sheets of bluebells cover the slopes of the hill and extend down almost into Colwell but freezing cold on a winter's afternoon when you wonder the water doesn't solidify as it sprouts from the pipe.
Drink straight from the spring and be taken aback by the chill of the water and by it's liveliness. Secreted within the hill and hidden in the darkness of the rocks, the water seems to contain a revitalising element which puts it in a different category from tap water.
It was for these reasons that Malvern Water became famous during the past two centuries for their healing qualities. But appreciation of the springs was not new. The early inhabitants of the area venerated springs and modern `well dressing' is only a return to old customs which were general until the time of the Reformation and the Puritan influences which followed. Many of the springs are now dried up or forgotten but some still exist and Malvern Water is now bottle by Schwepps' plant in Colwell. It is said that the Queen always travels will Malvern Water and by visiting the Evendine spring anyone can drink like a queen!