April 6th. Kim's tooth was yanked out. Glorious weather so we decided to take Dorothy to Shropshire, our favourite county. We stayed at Ebury Hill, near Shrewsbury. Ebury Hill was a hill fort in the Iron Age and, more recently, a quarry. It's a big site with 100 pitches but laid out in such a way that you don't feel crowded. No shower block so therefore inexpensive. There's fishing if you want it but sod all else, which suits us fine. Good views.
Wroxeter. This is Kim sitting on the remains of the forum columns. To the left is Watling Street, still open to traffic.
Me outside the Roman villa, posing as an eccentric old biddy.
The Roman villa as featured in the Channel 4 programme 'Rome Wasn't Built in a Day'.
Wroxeter Roman City.
Ebury Hill Camping and Caravanning Club Site (non-members welcome)
Ring Bank
Haughton
Shrewsbury
SY4 4GB
01743 709334
Kim forgot to pack socks so we had to take a trip to Asda to buy some new ones. I think it was a deliberate oversight in order to satisfy his sock fetish. We bought wine and rum while we were at it so it wasn't a wasted trip.
April 8th. I'd tidily stashed my undies in the bottom wardrobe drawer in the bathroom but discovered, to my dismay, that my clean knickers were wet. Leaking shower! Oh groan. All the carpet was soaked as well so that had to come up. Bloody silly idea, if you ask me, to have fitted carpet in a caravan. I don't know how the last owners kept it clean but we've made it filthy already. It'll have to go.
Chaotic bathroom notwithstanding, we visited Wroxeter Roman City, which was quite splendid. We ate our picnic and went on to Haughmond Abbey - magnifico. Well, we've just joined English Heritage so we might as well get our money's worth.
I won't be boring and describe the shower mending process but the handy Kim sorted it out while I kept out of the way and read a book.
Sunday 10th April. Another touristy day out. We picnicked in the grounds of Buildwas Abbey and then went on to Much Wenlock to see the priory. It's big. I'd even go so far as to say awesome! We walked up the hill from there to have a look at the old railway station and came upon Windmill Field, which was the inspiration for the modern olympics. I didn't know that. I made a few notes to remind me to look it up properly so I can write an article and earn a few pennies. The trouble is, being surrounded by so much history, one becomes blase - but our transatlantic brethren love this stuff. We finished the day with a visit to Ironbridge, which was heaving with tourists. I thought the bridge would be visible from all quarters but we had to walk miles from the car park to get a glimpse of it. I was going into whinge mode so Kim bought me a cup of tea to shut me up. All this sightseeing gives one sore feet and a brain cell overload.
The parlour: Buildwas Abbey
The crypt
Buildwas Abbey
Wenlock Abbey
Topiary at Wenlock Abbey
Tuesday 12th April. Home for my dentist appointment, hospital check-up, a ton of washing and sorting out my ancient dad. We're looking forward to the next trip out but I'll try not to title it 'Two Run Away Together'!
No comments:
Post a Comment