We’re Good to Go
We’re Good to Go has come to an end. This scheme was set up to help reassure customers of holiday accommodation. We hope it has. I want to reassure past and future customers that we will always strive to keep our standards high. We will carry on with some of the measures we started because […]
Beguildy Heights
We drove up to the heights above Beguildy. Beguildy is on the border of England and Wales. It was a lovely drive through the Shropshire Hills along quiet country lanes. We saw a Red Kite feeding on a dead rabbit in the middle of the road and a sparrowhawk who flew across the path of […]
Welcoming Spring
Spring has been creeping up upon us for a few weeks now. First the snowdrops put up green shoots and then their snow white flowers bowed their heads to us. The catkins of the hazels waggled and their tiny red flowers emerged. Over the last two weeks I have seen the first butterflies and heard […]
Powis Castle Parkland
The sun has been shining brightly and the day time temperature has been in the high teens. Friends of mine decided to make the most of the good weather with a trip to Powis Castle. As they drove up to the car park they spotted some deer in the parkland and decided that a walk […]
Woods Brewery Closing
I am announcing that Woods Brewery at Winstanstow is closing. We often used Wood’s Shropshire Lad or Shropshire Lass as part of our welcome package. Ludlow Brewery have said they will continue to occasionally brew Shropshire Lad. It is sad to see the demise of a local business.
Spring Firsts of 2022
Walking with Dillie on Onny Meadows in Craven Arms today, I heard my first Chiff Chaff, chiff chaffing away. It was definitely on it own, no one was chiff chaffing back. I saw two Long Tailed Tits, without any hangers on, paired up and flitting about. And at Kingfisher Corner I saw my first Butterfly, […]
Bishops Castle Walking Festival 2022
Bishop’s Castle Walking Festival starts on Thursday 5th May until Sunday 8th May 2022. This will be the 22nd year of this event. The guided walks are led by local volunteers, taking in open hill tops, winding valleys, tiny hamlets, country lanes, and my favourite hill top forts. And tempting you on your way tea […]
Shrewsbury Music Festivals 2022
Over the coming year there a number of Music Festivals in Shrewsbury. Some are at The Quarry, Shrewsbury’s Park or at Greenhous West Mids Showground which is within easy reach of the town centre. Shrewsbury Fake Festival will be at The Quarry on Saturday 23rd April 2022 starting at 11.45am until 11pm. The evening line […]
Dragonfly Hotspot
The Shropshire Hills Discovery Centre and Onny Meadows was the first designated Dragonfly Hotspot in England. It is an initiative first set up by The British Dragonfly Society in 2014 with places in Scotland first being awarded this designation, Dragonfly Hotspot. Dragonfly Hotspots are special places for dragonflies and damselflies. There are three aims set […]
Ramble, Amble, Scramble
Ramble, Amble, Scramble was set up about ten years ago to raise money for research into blood cancer. The walks can be walked between May 17th to May 30th 2022. Application to take part is between March 1st until May 16th 2022. To enter a donation of £10 can be made to Blood Cancer Uk. […]