Wall’s Butchers
Walls butchers have been trading in Craven Arms for fifty years. They specialise in traditional breeds and pride themselves on the traceability of their meats. Their belief is that rare breeds meat gives the customer a truer flavour and texture. There is a wide range of rare breeds available of pork, beef and lamb. The […]
The Dog Hangs Well
The Dog Hangs Well is a Parlour Pub in Corve Street Ludlow. It is open three nights a week, check the light outside, if it is on it will be open. In the good tradition of a Parlour Pub The Dog Hangs Well is a home first and foremost. It is also a publishing house […]
Dull Days with Hints of Colour
There have been lots of dull days with the odd bright day to give us hope that Spring is on its way. Walking on the Onny Meadows I was looking for fresh green shoots that hint at Spring but found myself looking at zings of colour that are there if you look more closely and […]
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 […]
Clun Castle Information
Within a previous blog post I described Clun Castle as one of the many castles built by the Normans along the Welsh Marches. Even though Clun Castle is a Grade 1 listed building, the castle and grounds are free to enter under the management of English Heritage who have provided several information boards located at […]
Watching More Birds
We have a few apples trees in our garden and at this time of year share some of the wind falls with the wildlife. Most mornings when I open the curtains there are several birds feeding on the apples. I peaked out the other Morning to watch the the Fieldfares along with a bird I […]
Tuffins, Our Local Supermarket
I am frequently asked about local amenities in Craven Arms. Over the next few months I will tell you what is available but we will start with Tuffins Supermarket. Tuffins is our local supermarket and is within half a mile of Folly View. You may consider walking down to do your shopping or you may […]