Yesterday we actually took a wrong turn on our way to Shrewsbury and ended up in Wales. At first it was quite boring and the towns were dull, but I stopped (to calm down, from the terrible navigating!) at a pub for a half-pint of local beer (which was good) and asked if there were any touristy places nearby. The waiter didn't know, but a patron who was having a pint took the time to tell us about Llangollen, which was just 6 miles off the road to Shrewsbury. He also told us about The Gales, his favourite place to eat, which was lovely, and The Corn Mill (where we were going to also have snacks, but we couldn't get in without booking).
The lady in the tourist office found us a room in a 300-year-old pub and we enjoyed the museum, the walkable town, and a local comedy night that we happened upon.
You can see a shop called the Oggie Shop on the right hand side. That's the local name for a meat pie, which we bought and ate, as you can see below.
Here is Yarrow beside a coracle boat in the museum.
Look at this medieval tile. I love finding things like this and thinking about who made them and who used them and bought them and installed them and lived with them.
Here's their bridge and a nice pub beside it, where we had tea in the window seat with a wonderful view.
There are canals all about this part of the world, with boats on them.
They have even (they being the 19th century engineers) built incredible aqueducts to carry the boats across valleys.
I like these mushrooms made of larch. The shop smelled wonderful.
Look at the thickness of this wool! It's amazing. I am not sure what one would do with such a small mat in area, but if it was yoga mat size, it would make an incredible bed.
The Corn Mill restaurant.
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