Ludlow Food Festival Ale Trail Winners
The Ale Trail was was held once again at the 2016 Ludlow Food Festival and the winners in the 2 categories were as follows: Ale Trail Professional’s Choice 1st: Blonde 4%, Ludlow Brewery, served at Ludlow Brewery 2nd: Stairway 5%, Ludlow Brewery served at the Nelson Inn 3rd: Blonde 3.8%, Joules Brewery served at the […]
The Clun Valley Beer Festival
The famous Shropshire poet A. E Houseman said of the Clun Valley in his collection of poems “A Shropshire Lad”: “Clunton and Clunbury, Clungunford and Clun are the quietest places under the sun” but perhaps not always when the Clun Valley Beer Festival occurs. The Clun Valley Beer Festival 2016 takes place on Friday 30th […]
Our Act of Sheer Folly
Here at Folly View Let we like to provide you with a Welcome Pack containing some local food and produce including some locally brewed beer. Earlier this year we included a very special beer produced by our nearest brewery – Wood’s Brewery – at Wistanstow, called Sheer Folly. Our holiday let is called Folly View […]
Ludlow Sausage Trail Winners
At the 2016 Ludlow Food Festival the annual Sausage Trail was held once again and the Ludlow Sausage Trail Winners in the 2 categories were as follows: Sausage Trail Professional’s Choice 1st: Reg May, ‘Paddington Bear’ traditional pork blended with homemade onion marmalade 2nd: Beamans of Bridgnorth, Purebred Gloucester Old Spot with shallot and handpicked […]
Kerry Ridgeway Walk and Cycle Route
The Kerry Ridgeway Walk and Cycle Route is a 15 mile walk from the Cider House south of Kerry, Newtown, Powys to Bishop’s Castle. It is great for walking or cycling and is considered one of the most dramatic Drovers Routes in the country with views that on a clear day can see up to […]
Blists Hill Victorian Town
Shropshire offers a vast array of wonderful places to visit and things to see and do. One of the most popular visitor locations in Shropshire is Ironbridge Gorge where the River Severn has cut a deep gorge. Originally called the Severn Gorge, the gorge now takes its name from the famous Iron Bridge – the […]
Flounders Folly – Opening Dates Autumn 2016
We named our holiday let “Folly View” because you can see Flounders Folly from your self-catering accommodation. Flounder’s Folly is a well-known a local monument (or folly) in South Shropshire which can be seen for miles in this area – especially from the A49 between Craven Arms and Church Stretton. The folly is a stone […]
The Ludlow Food Festival 2016
The Ludlow Food Festival is now in its 21st year and has become the highlight of the many food events held in Shropshire, and is praised as one of the best Food Festivals in the UK. This year the Ludlow Food Festival runs from Friday 9th September through Sunday 11th September at the main venue […]