Or is it? It’s cold today, and though the sun’s bright and warming when it shines, there’s a flurry of snowflakes as we’re preparing to go out. In Bridgnorth, up near the bypass, the trees are white with early blossom encouraging the season along. In the valley, the waters are high – the Severn is up on the fields and high under the bridge, not far below the tops of the arches – though the worst is past, apparently.

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