Monday, September 06, 2010
A couple of days away, around Shifnal, Shropshire
After we all met at the Park House Hotel in Shifnal, we drove to the Gorge at Coalbrookdale to visit the famous Iron Bridge over the River Severn.
Following some stressful navigation by backseat Ed', we parked (not too sensibly) at the top of the hill behind the church. However, it was a pleasant walk down through some interesting ginnals...
The first cast iron bridge of its kind, designed and built in 1779 for Abraham Darby III, and originally designed by Thomas Farnolls Pritchard.
Graham thinks a rivet is loose (in the bridge I think) Ed's not too sure, but Mum is looking for somewhere to have a nice cup of tea....
Yup, parked up there behind that there church...
Follows some views (one old country house below) of the hotel in the early morning...
Mum and I had the 1st floor room (photo below) at the corner on the LHS of the snap...
Below is the other original old house (the two being joined by the brick building left above)
Even managed to catch the early morning mist....
Here we are after a hard round of golf at Shifnal. Waiting for a cup of tea, a teacake and lots of wasps as it turned out!
The secret partners team event was won by Maureen and the guy standing at the back!
Would you believe, following this I went for a swim? So too tired to take any more photos!
Following some stressful navigation by backseat Ed', we parked (not too sensibly) at the top of the hill behind the church. However, it was a pleasant walk down through some interesting ginnals...
The first cast iron bridge of its kind, designed and built in 1779 for Abraham Darby III, and originally designed by Thomas Farnolls Pritchard.
Graham thinks a rivet is loose (in the bridge I think) Ed's not too sure, but Mum is looking for somewhere to have a nice cup of tea....
Yup, parked up there behind that there church...
Follows some views (one old country house below) of the hotel in the early morning...
Mum and I had the 1st floor room (photo below) at the corner on the LHS of the snap...
Below is the other original old house (the two being joined by the brick building left above)
Even managed to catch the early morning mist....
Here we are after a hard round of golf at Shifnal. Waiting for a cup of tea, a teacake and lots of wasps as it turned out!
The secret partners team event was won by Maureen and the guy standing at the back!
I lost 2 x 20p but that's another story...... still scratching my head over that one!
Would you believe, following this I went for a swim? So too tired to take any more photos!
Give a Dog a Bone!
Thought you may like to see 'the boy' attacking his new bone!
...from almost every angle - there must be a way into this thing..
...from almost every angle - there must be a way into this thing..
