Not exactly tourists in Ludlow
Aug. 1st, 2024 05:51 pmPart of the attraction of Ironbridge as a venue for our family gathering is that it would be very easy to combine with a visit to Ludlow. We'd been contemplating that anyway, not because of the undoubted attractions of the town, but because it's where my friend K. lives. We had travelled to Shropshire in the autumn of 2021 for her partner's funeral; and she had visited us the following spring: time for us to pay her a return visit...
Rather than impose ourselves on K. as house guests, we booked ourselves a bolt-hole, ( which I will rant about under a cut. )
K. joined us on Friday evening, and we ate excellent pizza at the George. A grey and rainy Saturday morning was almost over by the time the two of us were ready to go out again, and perhaps that's why we never really hit our stride as tourists. I'd planned to start my exploration of the town at the market (every day is market day in Ludlow) but we opted instead for the longer-term parking that was less central, and on our way up to Castle Street 9the square where the market happens) we were distracted, more than once. A print gallery here, a charity shop there, lunch - one way and another, by the time we reached the square, the stallholders were packing up, and our parking was about to expire.![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
durham_rambler left me to explore the wine shop, and went to collect the car. Which is why, although I did photograph some of Ludlow's magnificent half-timbered buildings, the picture I like best is a detail of the war memorial, which just happened to be on the corner where I was waiting, in the rain, to be collected:
These unexpected doves of peace are the work of Walenty Pytel, and if you like metal animals, the internet has plenty more.
At this point, we had every intention of spending Sunday visiting Ludlow Castle. In the end we did something else instead, not because we didn't want to see Ludlow Castle, but because we wanted to do this more. So Ludlow has plenty more to entertain us, next time we can get down that way...
Rather than impose ourselves on K. as house guests, we booked ourselves a bolt-hole, ( which I will rant about under a cut. )
K. joined us on Friday evening, and we ate excellent pizza at the George. A grey and rainy Saturday morning was almost over by the time the two of us were ready to go out again, and perhaps that's why we never really hit our stride as tourists. I'd planned to start my exploration of the town at the market (every day is market day in Ludlow) but we opted instead for the longer-term parking that was less central, and on our way up to Castle Street 9the square where the market happens) we were distracted, more than once. A print gallery here, a charity shop there, lunch - one way and another, by the time we reached the square, the stallholders were packing up, and our parking was about to expire.
durham_rambler left me to explore the wine shop, and went to collect the car. Which is why, although I did photograph some of Ludlow's magnificent half-timbered buildings, the picture I like best is a detail of the war memorial, which just happened to be on the corner where I was waiting, in the rain, to be collected:These unexpected doves of peace are the work of Walenty Pytel, and if you like metal animals, the internet has plenty more.
At this point, we had every intention of spending Sunday visiting Ludlow Castle. In the end we did something else instead, not because we didn't want to see Ludlow Castle, but because we wanted to do this more. So Ludlow has plenty more to entertain us, next time we can get down that way...
