Blists Hill

A brief visit to Blists Hill Victorian Town, the chief site of the Ironbridge Gorge Museum in Shropshire. It’s always an interesting place for a wander round on a Sunday afternoon – there are plenty of subjects for the camera (just wish I could find them!)

The three photos depict a (very) short road – “Foundry Alley” – which leads, oddly enough, to the iron foundry (not in use on this occasion); the toll house which once stood beside (Thomas) Telford’s Holyhead Road, and a view from the garden to the locksmith’s and the baker’s.

   

Cow Mop?

   

A day out in North Staffs – a visit to Biddulph Grange gardens. Doesn’t sound very exciting, I know – but it’s actually an interesting exploration through a variety of individual gardens, linked by tunnels and passages.

Also a quick look at the landmark folly at Mow Cop (which my wife misread as Cow Mop – “what a funny name”. I’m not sure that Mow Cop is any less funny, come to think of it…)