Saturday 30 November 2024 - Bridgnorth

It was a pleasure to meet up again with my old university pal Peter and his wife Cassie. We last saw them on a sunny day in April last year. They are over here again from Calgary - on a fairly short visit mainly to visit family and friends.

We arrived in time for lunch (thanks Cassie and Peter), at the same cottage that they hired last year, then we enjoyed a 4km wander into and around Bridgnorth on a busy Saturday afternoon, with lots of Brummie accents amongst the visitors.

The small park in the upper town (the Castle Gardens) was decked with Rememberance Day poppies, and some box hedges had been neatly trimmed to represent an aircraft, a ship, and a tank.

The C12 castle's remains still tower awkwardly; their angle of lean is four times as much as the leaning tower of Pisa.

Sue and I posed next to a Saxon warrior that guards the signage for the Mercian Way, a long distance cycle route.

From the Upper Town, there are good views to the River Severn, which is fairly full at present thanks to some recent storms.

We took the Cliff Railway to the Lower Town. It's the only inland railway of this nature in the UK.

Back in the Upper Town, we did a little window shopping and passed the Town Hall, built on stilts to provide a covered market place for the town.

Back at the cottage, we enjoyed an ample tea before setting off home while Peter and Cassie headed for a nearby concert.

It was great to catch up, and thanks P&C for the lunch, tea and goodies. You are very generous.