It is housed in a tudor building - typical of those found around Shrewsbury and yes it is sloping! You feel quite strange when you browse around the upper floors! It is a lovely gift shop - though most things are out of my price range, but I do tend to buy a lots of my cards from here
They always have very inviting window displays and their Easter one is no different - with lots of cute bunnies and yellow flowers.
Today's photo is a beautiful flower - but I am not sure what it is. I think it is a camellia - but forgive me if I am wrong. My neighbour has a huge bush covered with tons of these gorgeous flowers and another neighbour has a lovely magnolia tree which is just about to burst into flower - so expect another nature shot coming very soon.
Steven & I went to the caravan yesterday afternoon - just when I thought I was going to have a quiet day! and this photo was taken in the evening outside our caravan door watching the sunset - it was beautiful. The black expanse in the front is the sea, but in the photos where you can see the waves etc - the effects of the sun and clouds are not as dramatic.
A hill I climbed in Aberystwyth today - I am not so in love with this one as it was very very steep and I could not find the geocache at the top of it anyway!! It still looks nice though!
My LP's are old sloppy ones Diana Ross and the Supremes and Marvin Gaye etc, whereas Steven's are the likes of David Bowie etc. Its lovely to hear my old records again (not Stevens!) and its making me feel very nostalgic. We were always very precious about our vinyl, so they are all in very good condition, so the sound quality is good.
I don't mind turning the LP's over after 20 minutes or so to play the other side - but the Northern Soul singles are a pain because often they only last 2 minutes or so. They remind of a time in my youth though, when Steven & I could dance the night away at a Northern Soul all nighter. We have never lost our love of Northern Soul and still have it on in the car or on CD's - the poor children were reared on it and know practically all the words to all the songs! Liam seems to enjoy it the most.
We were driving to the first cache when we came upon this field full of funny furry animals - so we had to stop and investigate and yep - Llamas and Alpacas they were - so this just had to become my photo of the day. What with these and the ostriches - that I could not photograph last week (no SD card) - I am coming to the conclusion that Shropshire has some very strange inhabitants!
After this little delay to the start of our day out - it actually turned out to be very successful - 2 hill climbs and 2 finds!
First we climbed Black Radley Hill and found the cache under a lone Monkey Puzzle tree on the side of the hill - how did that get there - perhaps another funny Shropshire thing.
Then as the weather was so nice we ventured to the bigger neighbouring hill Heath Mynd at 1483 feet. It was a bit of a slog as there was no proper footpath so we had to clamber over heather and bracken to the top - but when we got there we were rewarded with gorgeous views all around - made the climb up totally worth it.
It was very windy on the top which made taking photos rather tricky - I am clinging on for dear life here - having just scrambled over rocks etc in the 10 second delay on my camera - must buy a new remote for it.
Too blowy to even pose for a shot!
I had a day out geocaching around Llanymanech yesterday. Half of the town is in England and the other half is in Wales - which causes great problems to them because sometimes it can get quite political, as they have to wait for Welsh ambulances when an English one is right there and vice versa and the Welsh Assembly give away more things free than the English government!!
Anyway it was a delightful place to visit - but I had a very disappointing day - caching way - because I had 3 DNF ( did not find) caches!! I am sure they were all there - Just that I could not find them.
Llanymanech Heritage & wild life parks were very interesting and they had lots of information boards explaining - how the history of mining and industry have shaped the landscape.
And this is the person in charge of the brakes!!!
This is the view from the top of Llanymanech heritage park over the town and leading to the Briedens. On top of the hill is Rodneys Pillar - thats my next challenge - to climb up to that - I have been waiting for some good weather to do this one so I can make the most of the views from the top of it.
Swan Lake was a feast for the eyes and ears. The dancers were gorgeous, the costumes and set a delight and the music just beautiful. Steven had booked fab seats - on the front row of the balcony, so we sat mesmerised. One strange thing though - only half the cast came out for a bow at the end - perhaps the others couldn't be bothered to wait and had gone home early!!
The scones looked so delicious spread with a little Lurpack butter for my lunch, that todays photo was an easy choice.
I think this is Steven's mid life crisis - I suppose its preferable to another woman or a fast car! He has been hankering after one for 12 months but I have not been so keen, but I finally relented after speaking to one of my friends. She said to go for it now - you don't know what is around the corner. She & her husband had made lots of plans of what they were going to do in his retirement - only for him to die 2 years before he retired and none of those plans fulfilled. This made me think and she is right - we only have one life so we should live it. 
So this weekend we became the proud owners of this caravan at Clarach Bay in Wales. As you can see it overlooks the sea which is lovely - but is also quite noisy. The crashing waves woke us bright & early Sunday morning.
This is a close view of the beach - it is mostly sand but at one end are layers of stratified rock which are very dynamic to look at.
But it makes the most lovely rock pools to play about in.
In the afternoon we had a wonder about the beach and site looking for photos for Sunday 21st and I think it will be one of these final 3.
This wooden fence over the river to the sea.
These beautiful stones on the beach.
Or this strange coloured seaweed.
These 5 sheep form a sculpture which sits outside our Tesco store. It is on the site of the old cattle market where farmers used to bring their cows, pigs and sheep to sell every Tuesday, until only recently - even the cattle market has moved to 'an out of town site' now! hence this subject matter. The sculpture has not been without controversy - some people don't like it and others were outraged at the cost £50,000. I quite like it, as I think art - in what ever form - brings an interest to an urban landscape littered with traffic lights and road signs and will give visitors a marker point if they get lost.
It shows Bromlow Callow - a unique Shropshire landmark. The trees on top of this hill can be seen for miles around. I have shot them through a frame of a disused mine shaft.
I chose the first shot because when taken close up - the trees don't have the same effect.
This is Bromlow Callow showing the unique trees in the distance and this is the disused mine shaft I captured the shot through.
The sun came out when I got to the top so I sat, got my breath back and admired the views. I took loads of photos of the rocks at the top - because this weeks assignment is to take a B & W photo - but in fact I prefer the colour shots - so I will have to try and find something else to turn B & W.
