Corvedale Drive
Driving down Corvedale today, at the end of July, the fields were golden with ripening crops which will soon be harvested, leaving the ground bare waiting to be ploughed. The woodlands in contrast were dark and brooding, clothed in bottle green, almost black leavage. If the sky had been azure blue, with wispy white clouds […]
Dead or Dry Hedges
Walking round the Onny Meadows you will notice some piles of brash, some of which is used as a barrier. They are referred to as Dead or Dry Hedges. This is a good way of using the brash accumulated from cutting down hedges or trees. These dead or dry hedges have benefits for wildlife protecting […]
Shrewsbury FlaxMill Maltings
In an earlier post I said the Shrewsbury FlaxMill Maltings would open in Spring 2022. This did not happen. It has been announced that it will now be opening on September 10th 2022. Shrewsbury FlaxMill Maltings was built in 1797. The main mill is Grade 1 listed and was the first multi story building. An […]
Onny Meadows Ponds
The Onny Meadows has two ponds that are surrounded by trees such as Alder, hazel and willow. One pond has a dipping platform over the water. The coots, moorhens and reed warblers love them. Recently water rails have been seen and there used to be little grebes, which were heard but rarely seen. In early […]
Things to Do in Bridgnorth
Most of the Things To Do in Bridgnorth require a little bit of walking. Bridgnorth has two towns, High Town and Low Town. There are a few ways in Bridgnorth to get from High Town to Low Town and visa versa. Walking, driving, there are well signed car parks in both and funicular railway. Walking, […]
Roe Deer Sightings
Lyndon, working upstairs, saw an animal coming down the field at the back of our house. This is not unusual as people walk their dogs through this field, although there is no footpath. Initially he couldn’t work out what it was, then realised it was a Deer. It then disappeared, sometime later he saw it […]
Hummingbird Hawk Moth
Working in the garden today I have seen a Hummingbird Hawk Moth. It was feeding on the valerian, hovering like a Hummingbird and putting its long tongue into the flowers to feed. Every few seconds moving onto the next flower. I have not seen one in Shropshire before, although I used to see them in […]
A Thrush’s Garden Visit
A friend was noticing lots of snail shells in their back garden and on their driveway. They saw a baby Thrush being taught how to get the snail from the shell, which usually involves smashing the snail shell on a hard surface to extract the snail. Hence lots of empty snail shells. As the lesson […]
Shropshire Outdoor Show 2022
The Shropshire Outdoor Show will be held at the Field Studies Council, Preston Montford on Saturday 25th and Sunday 26th June 2022. This event will have lots of Bushcraft demonstrations. How to build camps, how to light fires, how to cook on a fire and many more skills. There will be demonstrations on whittling and […]
New Taps
We have new taps in Folly View’s bathroom. I was planning to change them to lever controlled taps. But we had a little problem and the shower control decided to stop working. So we decided to change both the bath taps and basin taps. These taps are easier for people who have difficulty with hand […]