Coalbrookdale Inn
Travel Blogs from Telford
From boats to the Bullring
... street to the first of the stalls, selling hot wine, biscuits, candles, tealight holders and cakes, there was so much to see and lots of people about. On the way to the top end of the market we saw hats, gloves scarves, german smoking men, nutcrackers and more biscuits.
There were mummers on route, making the children jump when them moved and the food section was amazing with meter long sausages folded into ...
Day 12
... him in his cab too & fro on many occasions. Gary was a gem and one of those people even tho they may only influence your life for a split second or number of minutes, reminds you that there are genuinely nice people out there. After a short wait we joined the snaking queue and ran through the gets to our train, we managed to procure a lovely seat positioned right next to the toilet. We had to build a little fort to block our line of sight of the trains patrons ...
Wonderful Waxwings
... areas of the northern hemisphere, where people are probably a rare site, they have a surprising tendency to turn up in unexpected and thoroughly un-widernessy areas. Look for them in Tesco car parks, outside KFCs and on business and industrial parks and don't expect to see them during a pleasant rural stroll. There's a reason. They are not the chavs of the bird world. They don't like to break in to unattended cars. However the sort of places that they are seen ...
Final thoughts
... no idea whether they are owned by anyone.
We went to our favourite Kingfisher bar last night and our lovely waiter regaled us with stories of unrequited love for a girl 'not of his society' - such a friendly chap as is everyone we have met. Mind you - sometimes it's too much. Phil scored a hit with a handsome young waiter at a smart hotel where we shared a bottle of Big Banyan Sauvignon Blanc - I say the word shared with tongue in cheek! This young man managed to all ...
Hail to the Bunting
... I returned I had to walk past the other birder and he said that he had a Little Auk in his ‘scope so I put the coffee cups down and had a look. It was much closer in than the one we’d seen earlier in the month. Fortunately Julie got onto as well.
We continued to watch for another hour, noting lots more birds including several more Arctic Skuas but we’d only paid for 2 hours parking, having other ideas about how to spend the rest of the day. ...
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Amenities
- Free High-Speed Internet
- Free parking
- Pets allowed