I touched on the Industrial Revolution yesterday with Arkwright's cotton mills at Cromford. Our next stop was Ironbridge, where the Revolution really hotted up.
Before talking about Blists Hill, though, a couple of photos of the main attraction - the iconic iron bridge itself.
At Blists Hill there's a short section of the Shropshire Canal still in water. We walked along the towpath to the Hay Incline, of which more later.
On the approach to the place where we're staying, in Broseley, we came across a snake!
Unfortunately it was dead and seemed to have been run over. Grass snake? (I'll look at the book when I get home!)
Parking problems, water gardens and High Angle Battery.
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We ran out of gas last night! It was only two weeks ago that we changed
the last cylinder. Very strange that it had not lasted longer, but there
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slow worm
Thanks, nikver. A bit too slow for its own good, evidently.
Hi Halfie, yes thats a Slow Worm, a very slow worm now. The interesting thing about Slow worms is that they are not snakes at all, but legless lizards.
Regards
Paul
Sad about the slow worm, but the bridge is magnificent. It looks amazing still. I remember seeing it as a child.
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