A Trip to Ironbridge

Hubby and I have just returned from a short break in Shropshire, home of the Ironbridge museums. Not wanting to drone on about my health problems, again, but we needed somewhere not too far for me to drive and our hotel in Telford meant that it was only just over an hour away. We stopped for a coffee about half way along and then decided to continue to Ironbridge itself to eat our packed lunch. Above is the view from our picnic bench. I love how the little white cottage peeks through the bridge. There's a closer view at the end.

 Over the other side of the bridge is the original tollhouse.

Below, the table of tolls. We had great fun reading this....especially the rates for a calf, pig, sheep or lamb. Its hard to imagine that this is what really happened all those years ago.

 Here's the closer view of the pretty little cottage.

And here is a picture from the tollhouse side of the bridge from a photo in the pub where we had to go for some liquid refreshment.

Just a little snapshot of our trip but I have more to share with you, although they can wait for another time.

Back soon, x