The Ludlow Brewing Company Sportive
The Ludlow Brewing Company Sportive is on the 4th June starting and finishing at Ludlow Brewing Company. There is a Fun Ride which is 25 miles and a Challenge Ride with a distance of 70 miles. The entrance fees are £20 for the Fun Ride and £35 for the Challenge Ride. Registration is from 9.30 […]
Sportive
Do you know what a Sportive is? A Sportive is a long or short distance, mass participation cycle ride, often organised to raise money for a good cause and held annually. It is meant to be non competitive but many cyclists will challenge themselves against the clock. Sportive is shortened from Cyclosportive. There are several […]
Toposcope
I have mentioned the Toposcopes on the top of hills and hillforts and as I will talk about these places again I thought a brief description would be interesting. A Toposcope is a monument indicating direction and distance of notable land marks These landmarks can be hills, mountains, towns, the Sea, Battlefields or historical places. […]
Ride the Shropshire Marches
Ride the Shropshire Marches Sportive is on Sunday 21st May. There are two distances 65 miles starting at 9.30am and 35 miles starting at 10 am. The start and finish are at Wistanstow Village Hall. The entrance fees are £25 for the longer distance and £20 for the shorter distance. The funds raised from this […]
New for your comfort
I try to keep on top of things in Folly View. Knocks to paint work are done as we go along. If things break they get replaced. I have just replaced the sofa cushions that you sit on. The old ones were getting a bit flat, and difficult to plump up. We hope you like […]
Hill Bagging
I knew about Munro bagging but had not realised there was other classifications for hills and mountains. A Munro is a mountain over 3,000 feet. If haven’t you heard of Munro bagging, it is where some people who like climbing, climb all the mountains in Scotland over 3,000 feet? Their aim being to climb all […]
Medlars
I was asked about Medlars after a recent blog where I had talked about them in one of the hedges at the Onny Meadows. Medlar (Mespilus germanica) are thought to have been cultivated for over 3000 years but they certainly have since Roman times. The Medlar is a small tree or shrub which is short […]
The Dog Hangs Well Beer Engine
The Dog Hangs Well has a Victorian Beer Engine as mentioned in an earlier blog. Some of you may know what it is but for those who don’t here goes. A Beer Engine is what we now refer to as a Hand Pull. The Beer Engine is the cylinder that draws the beer from the […]