The Big Garden Birdwatch 2017

The RSPB Big Garden Bird Watch happens this weekend, 28th to the 30th January. It is the World’s largest wildlife survey. To take part all you need to do is download your free Big Garden Birdwatch pack from the RSPB Website and spend an hour watching the birds in your garden. Did you know, 8,262,662 […]

Parlour Pubs

The Sun Inn at Leintwardine and The Dog Hangs Well are both classed as Parlour Pubs and are both within easy traveling distance of Craven Arms. Beer Houses, as they were referred to, came about through a change in the Licensing Law of 1830. This allowed householders to sell beer and cider from their own […]

More Bird Watching

The Fieldfares are still visiting our garden here at Folly View Let to feed on the windfall apples. I have counted up to eleven of them there at one time, along with their pals the blackbirds – and as you can tell I have been doing more bird watching. I would have liked to photograph […]

Flounders’ Folly – Opening Dates 2017

We named our holiday let “Folly View” because you can see Flounders’ Folly from your self-catering accommodation. The folly is a stone tower some 16 feet square and 80 feet high and stands on Callow Hill just north of Craven Arms. The folly is only open to visitors on certain days of the year and […]