The Old Rectory
Travel Blogs from Hopesay
Final thoughts
... Bad:
The open sewers (not everywhere thankfully but enough of them!) and thus the smells
The toilets
The roads and traffic. There appears to be NO lane discipline. As far as we can tell, the driver has to be very careful not to hit anyone from behind. That seems to be the only rule of the road. Wagons without rear lights also make driving at night hazardous
The railways - only because of the toilet facilities....
Would we go again? You betcha we ...
Just a map pin
Gracia, Sant Roc, Sants, Santa Tecla, La Merce – apparently 5 Catalan festivals weren't enough for us this year. We usually go away for my birthday for a few days and this year Julie found a Festa Major in the small town of Altafulla, on the coast just north east of Tarragona with castellers on my birth date. A chance to see a new part of Catalunya and do some birding too. Read ...
Hail to the Bunting
... we were about to leave a fierce hail storm started up which had us scuttling around the corner of the shelter to get out of the wind. Just after it had passed another skua flew by – my first Bonxie of the day, Julie having seen a couple whilst I was buying the coffees – and therefore our 3rd skua species for the day, which is pretty good going.
As we got back to the car we were just in time to see a parking warden putting a ticket on ...
Another local village & Oakengates Theatre
I used to live in the new town built around Madeley, a Victorian mining village. Now the old-fashioned shops are replaced by a lifeless supermarket.
We went to a performance of Much to Do About Wenlock, an entertaining play loosely based on the founding of the modern Olympiad by a local doctor, concerned about his patients' health.
Afterwards, our young friend tried on some of the masks used in the performance in neighbouring Oakengates.
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Roman City on Our Doorstep
... to Watling Street - an ancient British track which was paved by the Romans. In Wroxeter, there are remains of a villa, baths and central heating systems. When the Romans left, Watling Street was left in disrepair until re-paved in the early 19th century.
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