Sunday, 23rd August 2020
Headed down to Shropshire today to visit rellies - socially distanced, in the garden.
After a lovely meal I decided to try and find the park I've walked past previously to stretch my legs after a 3 hour drive followed by more sitting in the garden. I picked their brains, describing what I remember seeing (basically a statue that was in walking distance of the house!). Top marks to them for making a best guess that it was The Quarry - a huge parkland nestled in the crook of the River Severn.
View from English Bridge towards the Abbey (flat topped building next to the 30 sign) and the Church (with the spire):
Commemorative plaque on the bridge:
View of English Bridge from the banks of the River Severn:
Bottoms up!:
Into the parkland - it was easy to socially distance here despite it being very busy:
Info board:
Hercules Statue:
Bandstand:
On the path round the water feature/sunken garden:
Curious arbour:
.... with this inside:
View from the folly bridge:
Not sure what this building is - possibly another Church (there are one or two in Shrewsbury!):
Random balustrade:
The statue I remember seeing on a previous walk:
The town walls - I'm assuming the bottom part is the original!:
Steps to nowhere (locked gate) but they overlook the parkland you have free access to anyway:
Another memorial:
And finally, a view of the River Severn from English Bridge:
A right nice little mooch.
Thanks for looking.
