Fish and Chips in Ironbridge — Part II

Sunday 4th June 2023.

Sunday 4th June 2023.

Welcome to Ironbridge! Sunday 4th June 2023 (Author’s Collection).

As you’ll discover with a simple flick through my “UK Travel” library here, I enticed my son to accompany me to my spiritual home of Ironbridge on 31st May and yes, just four days later and with a UK Summer still with us, I persuaded him to walk with me along the River Severn once more, a walk we’ve jointly enjoyed hundreds of times, and all with the promise of a box of fish and chips beside the “Grand Old Lady” of Ironbridge.

The doom mongers keep calling it a “heat wave” but whatever you call this current weather here in the UK, it can stay forever more as far as I’m concerned!

So here’s a World Heritage Site in full summer bloom or, in the lyrical words of Bruce Springsteen, “gleaming in the sun”, and I hope you enjoy this pictorial stroll beside the River Severn.

View from on high and a “Viewing Platform” at nearby Coalbookdale with everything in one image, from the ducks, families and pleasure seekers beside the River Severn, to the canoeists travelling on the river and the winding walk to Ironbridge itself with the bridge just visible as the river narrows at the top of the image.

A perfect welcome to Ironbridge once more — Part 1.

A perfect welcome to Ironbridge once more — Part 2.

Mid-way return view to Coalbrookdale.

Clear blue skies and the approach to the bridge herself with a picture taken from the middle of the road as traffic eased for once!

The “Grand Old Lady” of Ironbridge.

View from the middle of the bridge and I’ve rarely seen it as busy as this. Wonderful to see in such beautiful sunshine.

A return view of the River Severn to Coalbrookdale and the river side stroll undertaken.

The River Severn flowing away from Ironbridge heading south/west but first, the nearby villages of Jackfield and Coalport.

The “Grand Old Lady” of Ironbridge as seen from the nearby “Viewing Platform”.

As seen from the memorial to the two World Wars situated next to the High Street.

Two canoeists join us for the end of our brief looping stroll beside the River Severn — Part 1.

Two canoeists join us for the end of our brief looping stroll beside the River Severn — Part 2.

Thanks for reading. If you enjoyed this pictorial stroll, tell your friends! If you really enjoyed it, tell your enemies too! Anyway, here are my three most recently published articles that can be found within my “UK Travel” library:

Buildwas Abbey in the sunshine
Remains of a 12th Century Cistercian Monastery.medium.com

Sunshine from the Llangollen Canal
Swanley to Hurleston Locks, 3rd June 2023.medium.com

“A Stream in the Sky” in the sunshine
2nd June 2023.medium.com