Did you know the 23rd February is Shropshire Day? No, I didn’t until last year. It is also St Milburga Feast Day. She died on this day in seven something or other. She was the second Abbess of, what was then, Wenlock
The construction of Montgomery Castle was started in 1223. A stone built castle on a prominent outcrop above the town of Montgomery, however the palisades at this time were wooden. There was an earlier Motte and Bailey Castle a mile away called Hen
The sun has been shining brightly and the day time temperature has been in the high teens. Friends of mine decided to make the most of the good weather with a trip to Powis Castle. As they drove up to the car
The Clun Green Man Festival 2019 is on Sunday May 5th and Monday May 6th 2019. The Clun Green Man Festival takes place in Clun in the beautiful Clun Valley. The Green Man and the Frosty the Snow Queen will do battle
Clun used to be a thriving commercial centre but is now a town of tranquillity. This does not mean nothing happens there. It has the Clun Green Man Festival and the Clun Valley Beer Festival. The Scamble, Ramble Amble stops in Clun
The Ludlow Spring Festival is over the weekend of 11th and 12th May 2019. The Ludlow Spring Festival is staged in Ludlow Castle and there will be over 60 food producers and vendors to visit from Ludlow and the Welsh Marches. On
This post is about Things to Do in Ludlow, and in this series of blogs I hope I am giving you ideas of things to do which are going to cost you pennies but also some that are free. Ludlow Castle. Did
This post shows Stokesay Castle in photographs. Stokesay Castle is a fortifyed medieval house and is considered the best preserved example in England. I’ve blogged about it before and this post provides some photographs that give more of a flavour of this
Stokesay Castle is a fortifyed medieval house and is considered the best preserved example in England. It forms a ‘comparatively complete ensemble’ of medieval buildings. The fact they remain largely unchanged is very unusual. Previous owners have tried to repair what existed
Within a previous blog post I described Clun Castle as one of the many castles built by the Normans along the Welsh Marches. Even though Clun Castle is a Grade 1 listed building, the castle and grounds are free to enter under
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