Valentine’s Ale Massacre 2024
The Valentine’s Ale Massacre is on the 9th to the 11th February 2024. Held every year on the weekend nearest to Valentine’s Day at the Ludlow Brewery, this year will be its 12th anniversary. The doors open at 11am until 5pm, there will be plenty of beers, lagers and ciders to sample and decide which […]
DarwIN Shrewsbury Festival 2024
The DarwIN Shrewsbury Festival celebrates and educates everything to do with Charles Darwin. Charles Darwin was born in Shrewsbury in the month of February, hence using this month. The DarwIN Shrewsbury Festival starts on February 1st until the 29th February 2024. There are walks, talks, guided tours, exhibitions of art or otherwise. There are daytime […]
Wonderwool 2024
Wonderwool happens on 27th and 28th April 2024 at Royal Welsh Showground Builth Wells. Doors open on Saturday at 10am until 5.30pm and on Sunday from 10a.m. until 4.30pm. Tickets are £12 and a weekend ticket is £22. Last year all tickets had to be reordered and could not be purchased on the gate. Presently […]
Shropshire Way 80K Festival 2024
The annual Shropshire Way 80K Festival 2024 will be held this year on Saturday 6th April. Hundreds of runners and walkers are expected to come to the Shropshire Hills Discovery Centre to participate in the event which showcases the food, history and landscape of the Shropshire Hills. The Shropshire Hills Discovery Centre is operated by […]
Goosander
Walking Dillie mean I do get to see what is happening on the Meadows and by the River. However, we have not walked on the Meadows or by the River much over the last three months. It has been very wet under foot and very muddy and slippy. In consequence we have not observed what […]
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 […]