Welcome to my spiritual home of Ironbridge, Tuesday 23rd July 2024 (Author’s Collection)
Star Date: Tuesday 23rd July 2024 Destination: Ironbridge Gorge Reason: The overnight rain cleared and the sun put his hat on Twitter:“Fuck it. I’m off to feed some ducks” Book of the Day:“The Great Shark Hunt” by Hunter S Thompson Tunes:“Once Upon a Time in Hollywood” (soundtrack) by Quentin Tarantino Favourite album song:“You Keep Me Hangin’ On” (QT mix) by Vanilla Fudge Upcoming: A lucky 13 images from another beautiful day in Toy Town Good News Alert: Jeremy is out of hospital and back in his kingdom of old fashioned sweets. Hooray!
From ostensibly a viewing platform in Coalbrookdale and a beautiful framing of the short stretch of the River Severn through to Ironbridge (Author’s Collection)
Say hello to Fred (or it could be Mary) a scattered selection from this afternoon’s ducks and some rather pleasing sun spots on the river (Author’s Collection)
Third read through of my favourite book from Dr Thompson. Mint Toffees or aniseed flavoured Kop Kop’s? (Author’s Collection)
A “Perfect Timing” moment and the “Grand Old Lady” (Author’s Collection)
Say hello to Mary (or could it be Fred) and yet more pleasing sun spots (Author’s Collection)
Perfect afternoon for an ice-cream! (Author’s Collection)
Lovers reunited! Say hello to Fred and Mary (Author’s Collection)
Old school ales and beers, a teddy bear shop, and a book shop from the wildest dreams of a book hound (Author’s Collection)
Suffice to say, my favourite shop in all of Toy Town. But beware….(Author’s Collection)
“The Ironbridge Sweet Shop” has a particularly fierce guard dog!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Say hello to beautiful “Bear” (Author’s Collection)
Pure blue sky (hooray!) over Toy Town (Author’s Collection)
Reverse view perfectly showcasing this brief stroll in a picture book world (Author’s Collection)
