Nicola spent the morning get her hair and nails done, so we met up for lunch, and then went looking at Shrewsbury. Put like that, it sounds easy, but it wasn’t. I had high hopes of finding a parking space in the centre of town, but eventually, after a bit of circling, found one at St Chad’s Terrace. This is nowhere near where I’d dropped Nicola, or so I thought, and also I was navigating by Google Maps. This isn’t a great idea in Shrewsbury has, for some reason, it has very poor phone reception. Eventually I found the cafĂ© where she was waiting, and we managed to find somewhere for a bite to eat.
The heatwave is under way again in the UK, and the temperature was heading towards 30°C already. The town has some picturesque (I need a new word for picturesque) buildings, and also some old churches. The church of St Mary’s contains some 15th century stained glass windows, originally from a church in Trier, which were bought in 1788 and installed here (the original church in Trier was being demolished). It's also home to a memorial to Admiral Benbow, originally from Shrewsbury.
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| The Old Market Place |
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| Picturesqueness |
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| St Mary's church |
After that we had a look at the castle. This is now an army museum dedicated to the Shropshire regiment, and details all their campaigns back in time to the 18th century campaigns in Europe, up to the present day. There’s not much actual castle to look at, which was a bit disappointing. In the gardens there’s a sculpture of an egg which is part of the Shrewsbury sculpture trail. We didn’t spot any other items.
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| What, you egg? |
By this time we were running out of steam, so we headed back to St Chad’s Terrace. Whilst there it seemed churlish not to visit St Chad’s church, which turns out to be a circular church. Quite unusual! It was more modern than other churches, so other than its design, it was unremarkable.
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| Circular pews! |
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| Circular ceiling |
That about concludes our historic adventures. The next couple
of days will revolve around Johnny’s wedding, and then we head back to the far
side of the world.
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