Early start for a day out walking in the Shropshire hills,parked up in the nearby village of Church Stretton which is another historic market town and started on the first leg of our walk.Long Mynd-Pole Bank was the summit we were heading for,the ascent was quite hard going but extremely rewarding with some magnificent views of the Shropshire Hills and the far reaching Brecon Beacons.We were following a printed walking route,but at the top misjudged the direction a bit and got slightly lost luckily the smartphones of today have a host of technology and half an hour later we were back on the correct path.The second leg or descent was also hard going with lots of craggy paths and random large stones,but again well rewarded with an ice cream at the National Trust Cafe at Carding Mill Valley Car park.Finishig the walk back in Church Stretton we were again rewarded with a nice slab of cake and a latte in one of the many cafes Church Stretton has to offer.
In the late afternoon we had a drive into another interesting town Bridgnorth,an historic market town.Bridgnorth is set out as a lower town and upper town with a inland funicular railway to transport you between the two,basically the left bank of the river Severn is the low town and the right bank is the high town.We fancied some fish and chips so set about hunting down a nice chippy with the help of TripAdvisor (Riverside fish and chips) and headed for a seat on the banks of the river Severn to consume them,they were absolutely delicious.Now for a quick pint,again TripAdvisor was loaded for some information and off we went with sat nav in hand,The White Lion was our destination but on arrival because of the restrictions due to Covid we were unfortunately turned away as they were full to the rafters.Just a couple of hundred yards further on we came across The Old Castle theoldcastlebridgnorth.co.uk a wonderful pub where we found a table in the beer garden and ordered a now very familiar HPA (Hereford Pale Ale).Limited myself to just the one pint as we needed to drive back to Much Wenlock.Back at the cottage we decided to have a drink indoors now the sun had gone down and i chose the Greene king IPA,a very pleasant beer.
Enjoying a pint of great beer 