There are several places where snowdrops can be enjoyed in Shropshire. I have selected just a few for you to enjoy. Stanton Lacy Churchyard, near Ludlow, has a beautiful show of Snowdrops around the gravestones. It is a veritable carpet of snowdrops.
Titterstone Clee Hill is 1749feet high or 533metres. It looks and is often thought to be the higher of the Clee Hills but is about thirty feet lower than Brown Clee. If you are walking The Shropshire Way, it’s route takes you
Today’s walk was lovely. Myself and a friend have started trying to walk together once a week. This weeks took us through Sallow Coppice, Stokewood and down past Stokesay Castle. The blue bells were at there best today (beginning of May) carpets
Well, the anticipated walk to Sallow Coppice was better than expected. The sun shone and Dillie is now curled up asleep, probably dreaming of squirrels. We saw plenty of them but they don’t play fair and go to the tops of the
This morning the sun is shining having rained all night. I am off for another walk in about half an hour (Thursday last week) to see what is springing into life in Sallow Coppice. I am hoping that the bluebells will by
I have seen my first Swallows and Housemartins of Spring 2023. Walking Dillie on Halford Meadow this morning (9th April) I saw my first Swallow fly up in front of us. It was only one and it did not fly back my
The River Onny flows through the meadows surrounding Craven Arms. It’s source is at White Grit in the Shropshire Hills. It has two branches the East and the West Onny which converge at Eaton east of Lydham. The Eastern course rises near
Wistanstow Foot Bridge opened on January 27th 2023. I walked that way with a friend a couple of days before it opened. It was meant to be open in December 2022 and we had hoped to use the bridge and enjoy the
We have had some foggy days and I have put together two Foggy Blogs about a walk and a drive. This Foggy Blog is about a walk on Halford Meadow. The moisture in the air was heavy as Dillie and I walked
The Long Mynd is a moorland and heathland plateau high above Church Stretton. At it’s high point, Pole Bank, it is 1693feet above sea level. The plateau is 7 miles long and 3 miles wide. Most of The Long Mynd is owned
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