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A short walk with the reluctant adventurer…

4 Comments CherryPie on May 2nd 2023

After lunch on Saturday we headed off to Ludlow for the afternoon where Mr C had it in mind to visit the castle. On our way there I suggested we had a quick look inside the Church of St Laurence. I was keen to see how it looked now the Victorian pews had been removed. [...]

10 Comments CherryPie on Mar 21st 2022

After breakfast we said adieu but not goodbye to the Cotford Hotel. We will be back.

We headed off to Croft Castle stopping briefly at the Hop Pocket for me to purchase the other colour cardi that I loved from the day before. Mr C and mum stayrd in the car. As I was purchasing the [...]

6 Comments CherryPie on Aug 9th 2021

We walked around the walls at Ludlow Castle before purchasing some sandwiches which we enjoyed sitting on a bench next to the castle walls. Afterwards we went for a further walk before visiting the excellent bookshop.
We made our home via the Ludlow Food Centre where we hoped to find a slice of cake but that [...]

4 Comments CherryPie on May 2nd 2021

…followed by fine dining at chez nous

13 Comments CherryPie on Aug 19th 2019

When we arrived at breakfast we noticed a new gentleman that seemed to be in charge of the dining room. The breakfast area was calm and efficient with none of the chaos we had experienced over the previous few days. The tea was perfect, two individual pots with just the right amount of teabags. My [...]

10 Comments CherryPie on Jun 18th 2017

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Ludlow Castle

Ludlow Castle is a ruined medieval fortification in the town of the same name in the English county of Shropshire, standing on a promontory overlooking the River Teme. The castle was probably founded by Walter de Lacy after the Norman conquest and was one of the first stone castles to be built in England. During the civil war of the 12th century [...]

14 Comments CherryPie on Feb 9th 2017

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