Ironbridge is twice as nice in some warm October sunshine

A return to a historic toy-town in the sun.

I can highly recommend the Lemon Bon Bon’s! Ironbridge, 9th October 2023 (Author’s Collection)

With the UK’s schizophrenic weather bestowing upon its British subjects an unseasonably warm 72 hours with a sprinkling of welcome sunshine, I took advantage of this late Autumn bonus by visiting my spiritual home of Ironbridge not once but twice and toy-town, as ever, looked radiant in the October sunshine.

My first trip was a singular affair as I yet again perched myself on a rickety old fishing “peg” or platform on the banks of the River Severn as I recorded yet more videos for my Youtube channel in my fruitless search of fame and fortune or, more accurately, the selling of my self-published books. The second was a more casual affair with my beautiful son and a stroll along the riverside, the feeding of some hungry ducks, the purchasing of some sweets from the “Old Fashioned Sweet Shop” and the enjoyment of a bag of piping hot chips with my son in the shadow of the oldest iron bridge in the world.

Here I present to you a pictorial stroll and a twice is nice amble through beautiful Ironbridge.

Monday 9th October 2023

View from a rickety old fishing “peg” (Number 13) and quite the backdrop for some Youtube videos!

“This is the world’s first bridge made entirely of cast iron”. To your left, the “Toll House” and St Luke’s Church straight ahead and across the bridge.

A bridge with a view — Part 1.

A bridge with a view — Part 2.

A bridge with a view — Part 3.

The “Grand Old Lady” and the best seat in the house bottom left.

“The Tontine Hotel” and the town’s famous pork pie and ice cream shops — Part 1.

Are you lost?

“The Tontine Hotel” and the town’s famous pork pie and ice cream shops — Part 2.

Go on, treat yourself!

Tuesday October 10th 2023

A hungry swan and some ducks! Part 1.

A hungry swan and some ducks! Part 2.

A quieter Ironbridge here on Tuesday 10th October 2023.

The “Grand Old Lady” and memorial to the two World Wars.

“The world famous monument of the Industrial Revolution gave its name to the town that grew up around it and the spectacular Ironbridge Gorge”.

“A World Heritage Site”.

The “Grand Old Lady” of Ironbridge.

Fish and Chips (and a couple of homemade lemon and raisin cupcakes!) beside the River Severn.

Thanks for reading!

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