I was in a frustrated mood when I woke up with a yearning to be in sunny weather as today was very dull and miserable. Also a yearning to be in woodland somewhere. However I started counting my blessings and thinking about God and how great he must be if he created Zander , Pike, Rattlesnakes, Tigers etc. not just the soft cuddly animals some people think about. As I started meditating on this and singing little songs quietly on bus to Shrewsbury about God creating Zander I started cheering up !!
Anyway previous to getting the bus I hung up two teapots in my parents garden for my mum who wants to attract robin's nesting in the garden. Robin's sometimes nest in old teapots.
Anyway back to the bus ...the original plan was once I arrive in Shrewsbury to get another bus from Shrewsbury to Bishops castle . This plan was scuppered as the bus wasn't till 2pm ... a two hour wait. So I decided to go back to Bridgnorth. My second ever visit, the first one only being a week or two ago.
I headed to the castle this time which is situated high up on the high half of town looking down onto the river Severn, quite far below.
I was amazed to see as I rounded the corner a huge tall, thick, slab of castle wall leaning over at a very steep angle . Apart from this there isn't much else left of the castle just a few scattered small bits of wall Apparently Cromwell destroyed most it.
I then looked around the gardens , there were some good topiary bushes in the shape of a tank, a battleship and a bomber plane.
There were also plenty of other pleasant ,mainly evergreen plantings of shrubs. At the edge of the garden are railings with views overlooking the lower part of town including the stream railway station. In the corner of the castle gardens was a small red caravan selling coffees. The paper cups came with paper caps instead of the plastic ones ... everything, including the stirrer, was compostable. I bought a coffee £2.10 not bad price either. The pleasant young chap who served me is the proprietor and we had a good chat about saving the environment . He told me there was a compost heap in the corner of the gardens where I could put my cup when it was finished. Some people threw them in the council litter bins, which to me is a waste as they will just go into landfill instead of being recycled into compost.
I headed back into town stopped and looked again at the steep railway track that brings people up from the lower part of town and vice versa. It's close at the moment due to Covid .
Before getting on the bus back to Shrewsbury I purchased a sheaf saw made by Wilkinson sword which will be ideal for use at camp ibex when I get back to Cornwall.
There were several students on the bus coming back to Shrewsbury and even more on the bus from Shrewsbury to Oswestry. In the evening I downloaded Spanish music and did a water colour which I was only half pleased with.. boats on the river Fal with a Cornish cottage and woods in the background.
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