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| The Iron Bridge |
We are fed up of paying £3-£4 a night for electric hook up on some campsites, so a solar panel seems to be the way ahead. Accordingly, we booked in to see Dave Newell and have a panel fitted, along with the Schaudt MPPT regulator to match the Schaudt electrickery wotsits in the van. About 400 metres from Dave's workshop in Telford is the Severn Gorge Campsite, so we booked into this delightful site for 3 nights so that we could explore the area whilst the work was being done.
We took to the bikes and have to say that the immediate surroundings have a lot to offer, with many museums on the history of this world heritage site. Of course, the weather helped and we enjoyed 3 days of decent sunshine for our long rides. Additionally, Dave let us use a pass for the museums whilst the van was in his workshop, so we managed to squeeze in a trip to the Coalport China Museum (very interesting - we now need bone china mugs for our tea) and Blists Hill Victorian Village, an equally fascinating experience.
On Friday, my sister and her husband drove up to meet us for a lovely lunch in Ironbridge. On Saturday we managed to get home in time to watch Harlequins lose to Northampton in the last game of the season, but managing to secure a place in next season's European champions cup.
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| The Hay Inclined plane - used for hauling barges from one canal to another |
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| The Ironbridge table of tolls - no exception, even for the Royal Family! |
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| Blists Hill |
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| Local poseurs ;-) |
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| Ironbridge |
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