A bit more of a relaxing start to day 3,still up and about quite early but the sun was shining so a nice bacon cob for me and an egg and mushroom one for Angie out on the patio was a wonderful treat.Ironbridge was the next destination on our itinerary and only a 10 minute car ride away.The sat nav directions took us down some back roads and with it being a world heritage site we did expect to see some significant sign posts, absolutely nothing of the sort we came down into the town and didn’t realise we were in Ironbridge until I spotted the bridge from the car park entrance.It was still quite early and it was a Sunday so we decided on a walk,goodness what a walk it turned out to be(uphill into the woods for a non stop 20 minutes) not for the faint hearted it has to be said,but produced some wonderful views.The last part of the walk took us alongside the river Severn back into Ironbridge.Over the bridge we went to find a nice coffee shop,we could only locate 2 which were open and our first choice was full,so we opted for the second choice as it was a bit further away from the bridge it wasn’t so busy.A latte and a shortbread biscuit later we were back on our way to the cottage.I would just like to add that car parking in Ironbridge was free on our visit which is very unusual for a heritage site.
Back at the cottage and looking through the leaflets that the kind owners had left for visitors we decided to walk to Wenlock Edge (10 minutes from the front door).Wenlock Edge is a limestone escarpment around 19 miles long and run primarily by the National Trust.Again we stuck to the paths as much as possible, but soon became lost and we were again saved by mobile phone technology. Around a couple of hours later we found ourselves back in the centre of Much Wenlock(more luck than judgment),and while we were there decided on a pint,the thought was let’s try the only pub we’ve not been to since we arrived in Much Wenlock and away we marched.The Talbot Inn thetalbotinnmuchwenlock.co.uk is yet another great old pub,we didnt see the inside because of the covid restrictions it was table service only and we sat in the beer garden which was very nice an modern,about 6 or 7 decent sized tables were on offer so we opted for one in the shade as it was a lovely sunny day and we had been walking so was in need of something a bit cooler.The HPA had ran out and no other real ales were on offer so reluctantly I ordered a pint of Thatchers cider.Don’t get me wrong there’s nothing wrong with a cider i just find them a bit sweet and gassy so 1 pint is enough.
We were now in need of an early night to be ready for our packing and journey home the next morning.A double episode of Downton Abbey put payed to the early night but not to worry the walking and drinking made sleeping very easy.
Enjoying a pint of great beer 