Tuesday, August 5, 2025

Aug 04, Shrewsbury

Plan for today—successfully executed— was to walk stage 10b in both directions.  As you might immediately deduce, 10b is a continuation of 10a, about 5 1/2 miles, too much to tack on to 10a about 12.5 miles, at least for me these days, but one way would require a taxi. Both ways + getting to the start and getting back made a respectable outing.  Running between Haughmond Abbey and Shrewsbury, it is an easy walk topographically, which translates to close to "flat," but the humidity made it a challenge and I think I am worn out, to boot. 

A fair portion was along the Severn: 



You have heard of the Red Sea?

Come here and you will see its counterpart.

Speaking of colours:



The Abbey, constructed between 12th an 15th centuries for.by a community of Augustine canons, also known as Black Friars.



That is all you can see of it before 10:00 a.m. when you can buy a ticket to enter.  For a better view, I started pushing through a field of thick grass adjacent to the walls:



but trees had been planted such that people like me could not get a glimpse without a ticket.

There we a few signs like this:



Worried about buried treasure?

On the way back, I passed some horses.  This poor fellow attracts the flies even though his face is all covered up.  (What the heck is up with that?)



Back in Shrewsbury, I passed a dart and beer concern:



Nearby, this poster made me wonder what dog friendly live music is like:


I will never find out!


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