Friday: Shropshire

Last night we wandered around Much Wenlock after dinner and stopped for a while in the churchyard while bats flew around our heads.

Today was a glorious day for a walk. We went from The Raven to Ironbridge and back.

Route

Quiet footpaths and lanes and gently rolling hills.

Walking
Buttercups

In the woods the smell of the Wild Garlic filled the air.

Wild Garlic

We had lunch in a pub in Ironbridge.

Ironbridge

On the way back the paths were overgrown and we had to squeeze between a field of Oilseed Rape and a long path choked with Nettles.

Overgrowth
Squeezing past Oilseed Rape field

There were some meadows.

Bee on Comfrey
Yellow Rattle, a hemiparasite

Lots of birds today, including: Red-legged Partridge, Linnets, Yellowhammers, Willow Tits, all the other Tits, Rabbits.

Barley