Day 8.Shrewsbury to Cressage. Part 1.

Monday 29 August.

Well today was a Tale of Two Cities Walk. 'It was the best of times and the worst of times.'

All started well. We stayed overnight at 'The Vaults' in Shrewsbury. We arrived on Bank Holiday Weekend during a Folk Festival! To cut a long story short we would be prepared to stay there again. However they don't do breakfast so it was pancakes and coffee at McDonalds. Getting there we passed the building in the first photo, of the ? Regiment

After breakfast we headed to the river via 'The Dana' an interesting route passing Shrewsbury prison, shown in the next photograph. On reaching the river bank we saw our first health and safety warning! "Beware in icy conditions."
How did we ever survive to adulthood in the 50's and 60's without the "nanny state."

The next slide is a view of the Severn giving you a good idea of the calm weather. It was a beautiful. Then follow another series of dire warnings!!!! End of the world? No it's just a weir, shown in the next picture.

The beauty of the route is clear in the next picture. Also notice the wide walkway. We met the horse, Blue's double, just as the footpath narrowed to single track, shown in the next two photographs.

We then went under a major road bridge (A5112)  and this was a mistake. We should have used it to cross to the Eastern bank! The next two pictures of degrading track integrity were actually taken on 'The Shropshire Way.'
We should have twigged what was going on when we saw the sign to Wellington, shown in the penultimate photograph, but it was not until about a km after we passed under the A49, with its graffiti display, that we realise our error.

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