Covid 2021
We are beginning to see bookings for this Summer and Autumn. We have left our rates at the same level as last year. Folly View has been cleaned and is ready and waiting for guests to arrive from April 12th 2021. There have been a few up dates. I have had one of the curtains […]
Christmas 2020
We are now days away from Christmas 2020. It has been a challenging year. We started the year cleaning, re painting and building new beds for Folly View after a rather disruptive visit from some challenging guests. We had a lovely visit in February from some regular visitors from Eire and very soon after their […]
Sparrowhawks
I can remember rarely seeing Sparrowhawks when I was growing up. One place we did occasionally see them was along motorway embankments. Sparrowhawks are now found through out the United Kingdom, even up in Shetland. We see them regularly around Folly View and down on Onny Meadows. Many years ago one hit a window at […]
Winter Walk
It’s December 1st and for me we are now into Wintertime. Here it is a bright, sunny, frosty morning, the cheeks are glowing now I am back in the warmth of home. The colours glowed on Onny Meadows, I could find all the colours I love, browns, pinks, purples, greens, golds and greys. As children […]
Autumn
Autumn has arrived in Shropshire. The trees are changing colour with hues of red, yellow and brown appearing in the green woodlands on the hill sides. On dry days piles of leaves are gathering in corners ready to be collected in wheel barrows and allowed to break down in compost bins. Or you can run […]
Kingfishers on the Onny
I walk every day with the dogs along the Onny River. I have over the years regularly seen Kingfishers when we have been out walking. This year I have not seen them until this recently (first week of September). I had stopped on the bridge over the River Onny down Corvedale Road and saw a […]
We’re Good To Go
Here at Folly View “We’re Good To Go” and able to use the We’re Good To Go symbol. The AA have arranged the We’re Good To Go initiative following The Covid 19 pandemic. The We’re Good To Go symbols on our website show we have successfully completed a questionnaire of competence. It reminds us all […]
Flounders’ Folly Heritage Open Days
Over the August Bank Holiday Weekend Flounders’ Folly had 120 visitors. September’s Heritage Open Days will be from the 11th to the 20th. Flounders’ Folly will be open as part of the Heritage Open Days on the 20th September from 11am until 4pm. As it is run by volunteers they will not be open on […]
Grants for Shropshire Market Towns
Shropshire Market Towns have been awarded £167,000 of grants to encourage visitors after the flooding earlier this year and of course in the aftermath of Covid 19. Smaller Market Towns have been granted £50,000 between them. They will each be able to receive a grant of up to £5000. Craven Arms Town Council are going […]
Peregrine Falcon in Craven Arms
I had an email from a friend in Craven Arms in which he told me of his encounter with a Peregrine Falcon. He had been watching the birds in his garden when they all disappeared, something flashed past him and he was aware it was grey. A couple of days later he spotted a bird […]