A few days in Shropshire - part 2

 After our busy Tuesday we had decided to take Wednesday much more quietly which we did. First of all we went back to  the Craft Centre where Lay Family Yarn is situated, largely because I had missed my chance to visit the candle shop while I was there doing my dyeing. The shop is shut on Mondays and Tuesdays so we went back on Wednesday, only to find it still shut. This was annoying, particularly in view of the fact that I had spent a lot o time at the weekend smelling other people's purchases and generally swooning with delight over the beautiful scents. Oh well, next year. 

We browsed some of the other shops and somehow I found myself buying some new ear rings. We had time to kill while the exact pair I wanted was put together so we had a cup of coffee in the coffee shop. This was surely a first as we both decided against having cake with it! Not sure why we were so abstemious. Perhaps it was because it was still too close to breakfast time. 

There was a pretty courtyard and it was very warm so we sat outside which is also quite unusual for us to be honest. . 

After I'd collected the ear rings we went to a print makers place. She had some beautiful pictures, but as I was very conscious that we had still to start picture hanging in the new house and that we possibly had more pictures than wall space I contented myself with buying some cards from her and not a framed picture. Maybe next year ....

After that we went for  walk along the canal which was lovely

and then we had lunch out.

Mine was the Chinese beef ( quite adventurous for me) and the OH had a burger. I spent a lot of time deliberating over what to have for dessert but as we waited 20 minutes and they didn't come and offer us any we gave up. We went back to our temporary home, via a small supermarket where we bought a cake and then relaxed. 

The book was a charity shop buy in Ludlow; they had two by the same author so I bought them both. I was going to say 'Scottish crime, what's not to like?' but then I thought 'Denzil Meyrick' and didn't.  This one was very good; the other one I've only just started. 

On Thursday we had arranged to meet up with a Facebook friend and her husband at Attingham Park and we had a great time - hadn't met them before but it didn't matter. we got on very well. None of us were terribly bothered about seeing the inside of Attingham Park (sorry NT!) but we were keen to see the walled garden, which is amazing. Mainly fruit and veg with a few edible flowers and herbs. We did also visit the second hand book stall run by volunteers in the old stable block and  I picked up another three books there. I've been patting myself on the back for months and months about how I so rarely buy books these days and restrict myself to the occasional purchase and borrowing from the library but I think one of the lessons this brief break taught me was that it was lack of access to cheap second hand books more than anything else that kept me so restrained. A lowering thought. 

Naturally I took lots of photographs in the garden and here are a few, finishing with one of me and the  friend we went to meet. 

 

And that was the end of the week. We went back to the flat, and packed up and the next day we were on the road home. Had a great time though and made lots of happy memories.