Glad we don’t live next door! It’s all good fun – proceeds to charity – perfect for keeping 3-year-old visitors amused!
Author: geoffspages
Red bridge
Walking from Dale End late this afternoon, I’m about to cross the bridge. In the gathering dusk, coloured lights play on the ancient ironwork. I’d better take a photo…
Better than expected…
… though not quite as good as the photos suggest. The plentiful sunny intervals were brief and well-spaced – too often, the sun would go as I raised the camera to my eye. That’s still better than the forecast – sunshine and showers. If there were any showers, they missed us completely.
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Short days
The afternoons are even shorter. It’s mild, still and quiet for this pleasant wander through fields and woods on the west bank of the Severn. There’s been no sunshine to speak of, and the light’s gone by the time we’re back at the car. It’s barely half past three!
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Totally locally*
We can’t go far today – the car’s at the local garage (MOT), and we need to visit the greengrocer – but the morning’s too good to waste, so we’ll walk from home, and do our shopping on the way back. The phone rings as we leave the shop – “Car’s ready. It’s passed” – doubly-good news! We can collect it and drive home with the shopping.
* it was a local trade campaign a few years ago
Morning calm
After a few wet and windy days, it’s still and sunny after breakfast. The afternoon looks much less encouraging, and we’ve other plans – let’s make the most of the morning along Shirlett Lane.
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Shrewsbury sunshine
We need to be in Shrewsbury towards the end of the afternoon – let’s explore first and enjoy the sunshine…
Preen, Broome and Plaish
Broome barely exists! Just a few farm buildings, a little way from the single-track road. Plaish has its Hall, and Church Preen its Manor – and (obviously) church. Halls and manors notwithstanding, this is very quiet country, especially on a grey and breezy Sunday afternoon. Being December, the poor camera is struggling by the time (not long after 3pm) we’re completing our circuit, but it’s been very pleasant wandering around these lanes.
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Bright, breezy
…and the leaves have all gone. Well, most of them anyway. The morning looks like being a little better than the afternoon – a touch more sunshine, that’s all. It’s quite cold and there’s a stiff breeze, though the lanes (Scots, Britons, Bould et al) between Willey and Linley Brook are fairly sheltered. It’s good to be out on a day like this.
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