Town Of Shrewsbury

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Walking with an aching foot.

// July 10th, 2011 // Podcast

That is a beautiful stretch of Shropshire Hills called The Lawley. Its an unusual name and its a peculiar promontory jutting out of the ground alone approximately 1240 feet high. You certainly get a fabulous panoramic view when walking along its humped back with vistas across the flat plains of Shropshire’s fabulous countryside to the Long Mynd, the Wrekin and other surrounding hills in the deep distance. Its particularly beautiful.

Harriet and I hiked along the full length of its base, which must be a couple of miles and then clambered up the slow assent starting from the north end, through the small glade of I think Beech trees and onwards towards the summit. The weather was very much on our side. While other parts of the country were drenched in down pours and surrounded in grey clouds, the lucky people of the North West Midlands we enjoying a near cloudless blue sky and delightfully warm sunshine.

I had driven up early on this Saturday morning, leaving at I usually do when I see my lady friend at 6am. It is of course a great time to be motoring along as the road is not hogged by commercial traffic racing at break neck speeds to make their deadlines, deliver their cargo or make the all important meetings. Although there was traffic and people were still travelling faster than they really needed to, there was much less of it and on patches of the M40, I simply had the motorway all to myself.

I spent a few hours in the delightful market town of Shrewsbury, doing what now has been a bit of a ritual that of purchasing freshly roasted coffee beans from Aroma.It's great iconic independent shop complete with its many glass jars of coffee beans tantalizing mystery from different parts of the equator displayed in rows on shelves behind the long counter in front. All freshly roasted in the last week and carefully weighed, ground, if desired and packaged by hand in front of your eyes by a lady of his poor year with a joyful smile and welcoming attitude.

More coffee was bought in a newly opened cafe and wedding guests looked as they parade through the streets dressed to the nines in their clothes and newly purchased probably better, kissing, laughing and joking in a celebration of pre-ceremony drinks before heading to one of the churches close by to watch the union of two of them as they tie the knots and make unreasonable for other vowels.

The town of Shrewsbury, its location, advantages and attractions as a place of residence and for business

Town of Shrewsbury, monograph

The Town of Shrewsbury, Its Location, Advantages and Attractions as a Place of Residence and for Bus

The Town of Shrewsbury, Its Location, Advantages and Attractions As A Place of Residence and for Business (1890)

Town of Shrewsbury, Historic District Commission