First Signs of Spring 2024
The first signs of Spring are there to be glimpsed. Just as well, as everything feels washed out with all the rain we have experienced. The daffodils are breaking through the soil, their pale green pointing to the skies. The lambs tails are beginning to appear on the hazels. Snowdrops in sheltered places have the […]
Flounders’ Folly – Opening Dates 2024
The planned opening dates for Flounder’s Folly in 2024 are listed below: Sunday 28th January 2024 11:00 -15:00 Sunday 25th February 11:00 – 15:00 Friday 29th March 11:00 – 16:00 Good Friday Sunday 31st March 11:00 – 16:00 Easter Sunday Monday 1st April 11:00 – 16:00 Easter Bank Holiday Monday Sunday 28th April 11:00 – […]
Buildwas Abbey
Buildwas Abbey is on the way to Ironbridge. It is well worth a visit but is not accessible if you have difficulty walking or use a wheelchair as their are steps up to it from the carpark. There is a small charge for car parking at Buildwas Abbey. Buildwas Abbey is in an enclosed area […]
Titterstone Clee Hill
Titterstone Clee Hill is 1749feet high or 533metres. It looks and is often thought to be the higher of the Clee Hills but is about thirty feet lower than Brown Clee. If you are walking The Shropshire Way, it’s route takes you over Titterstone Clee to Brown Clee five miles to the north. Titterstone Clee […]
Wool Shops That Moved
The Prolific Crafter and Ewe and Ply, two of my favourite craft shops, have both moved. The Prolific Crafter is now at 10 Sandford Avenue, Church Stretton. You can find them using the what3words service and they are at “warp.changed.making” – which seems appropriate. There is a veritable cornucopia of wools and tools, to chose […]
The River Teme
The River Teme runs through Ludlow, Leintwardine, and Bromfield which are all within a few miles of Folly View. The source of the River Teme is between Dolfor in Powys and Anchor in Shropshire. It emerges from the ground at 450 metres above sea level and its confluence is 81 miles later with the River […]
Norton Camp
Norton Camp is the Hillfort 294 metres above Craven Arms. It has a commanding position over the Onny Valley. This is one of the larger hillforts in Shropshire at about 17 acres. Within the interior of Norton Camp is a spring. There were seven circular huts in the Northwestern part of the fort and it […]
Brown Clee
Brown Clee Hill is the highest peak in Shropshire. It is 1772 feet high or 540metres at Abdon Burf where there is a toposcope signposting the landscape beyond. If you travel eastwards from Brown Clee the next high ground you come to is the Urals. Brown Clee is reached from Corvedale. And is well worth […]
Shrewsbury Arts Trail 2023
Where to start? The Shrewsbury Arts Trail 2023 is on throughout July and August. The theme this year is movement. There are lots of venues and lots of different art to explore. Lyndon and I took a trip to the Shrewsbury Museum and Art Gallery yesterday to look at Salvador Dali’s sculptures Homage to Tersichore […]
Hay Meadow Festival
The Hay Meadow Festival is back at the Shropshire Hills Discovery Centre on the 15th July 2023. The fun starts at 11am and goes on until 7pm. This last took place two years ago and was very popular. There are chances to have a go at scything as well as a scything competition. The Hay […]