Day out in Shrewsbury

Originally the plan was to meet our daughter A and family in Builth Wells, but the forecast was for a very hot day and she had a headache the day before. We therefore postponed to the following Saturday, by which time our granddaughter E had a cold and I didn't feel like driving all the way to Mid Wales where there really isn't much to do. There is a nice riverside walk that starts from the car park in Builth Wells, but we've done it several times before. The town itself doesn't have much to offer.

Initially I suggested we leave it because we are going to Cardiff in mid-September (apartment booked). We had been texting back and forth and had spoken on the phone then A called back and said, why don't we meet in Shrewsbury? So, last Tuesday we did!

Our daughter caught the train from Newport and did some work during the 2 hour journey. We drove to our nearest station (Machynlleth) and caught the train there. It worked really well and we had a lovely day walking around the path that runs by the river.



The weather turned out fine, though it was quite windy. The town of Shrewsbury sits in a great loop of the river Severn. We didn't manage to walk all the way round, but ended up walking 7½ miles during the day.

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We will definitely do this again as way of meeting our daughter. There is still plenty to explore and the travel was easy.

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