Fools, Foals and Sunsets over Ironbridge

“Oh, gimme some time. Show me the foothold from which I can climb”

Sunset over Toy Town, 1st August 2024 (Author’s Collection)

Star Date: 1st August 2024
Destination: Ironbridge Gorge
Reason: I can’t stay away
Reason Number 7: OK, I bribed my son with the prospect of chips!
Reason Number 8: OK, I promised to lose at “Uno”
Reason Number 9: OK, I hoped to catch a sunset
Music for the Evening: “What Went Down” by Foals
Favourite Album Track: “Mountain at my Gates”

“Uno” Score:

Dad 1 (105–39)
Lad 2 (103–34 and 114–57)

---

The sun begins to set in Toy Town (Author’s Collection)

Fred and Mary the swans were absent this evening but pleasingly (as ever) we found some hungry ducks! (Author’s Collection)

Peace. Tranquility. And Reflections (Author’s Collection)

After racing into a 1-0 lead, as per usual, the lad won yet another game of Uno and this time, 2 games to 1 (Author’s Collection)

“Well there she sits buddy just a gleaming in the sun” — Bruce Springsteen (Author’s Collection)

A lone soldier atop the memorial to the two World Wars and a cloudless evening at sunset in Toy Town (Author’s Collection)

“Shadows fall on our lives. So quickly, my friend” — The Proclaimers (Author’s Collection)

The “Grand Old Lady” of Ironbridge (Author’s Collection)

---

Thanks for reading. My love for my spiritual home of Ironbridge runs through so much of my writing and even here, my three volumes of rambling musings self-published in March 2024. All three books as well as my nine in total are free to read on Kindle should you have an Amazon Kindle “Unlimited” package or treat yourself to the paperback/hardback. They’d look a pip and a dandy on your bookshelves!

https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0CZKZP28D (Author’s Collection)

"Tales I Tell Myself" - link to Amazon

https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0CZKZP28D (Author’s Collection)

Thanks for reading. I hope this message in a bottle in The Matrix finds you well, prospering, and the right way up in an upside down world.

---