Shropshire

After the Festival of Quilts in Birmingham seven of us drove to Hilary's HPB time share to spend the next 4 nights.  This was one of the cottages.  We had the right hand side, which had 3 bedrooms and was just lovely inside and out.  Thanks Hilary - what a great spot! 

This was one of many vistas from the site.

Some other cottages

And other residents -  if you open the picture and look closely you will see two little heads.  Not sure if they were swifts or swallows. 

And our backyard

Another house on the site.

We spent our days touring the countryside and had a visit to Stokesay Castle.  This is the lovely entryway to the castle

And inside

Another day we did the Black and White tour to the towns of Ludlow, Pembridge and Leominster to see the timbered houses. 

The bell tower - and I can't remember the church!  Leave me a comment if you know:  from Hilary with thanks:  Note about the church and bell tower:
The church of St Mary the Virgin in Pembridge dates from between 1320 and 1360. Around the same time there was built what has been described as probably the finest of Herefordshire’s seven detached belfries. It is a three-storey pagoda-like structure of timber and stone supported inside by eight massive oak pillars.

The Gang.  And we were so fortunate to have warm, sunny weather.

Another day found us at Berrington Hall which had lovely gardens at the back.

Sweetpeas in all sorts of colours, and artichokes

There was a display inside of mannequins dressed in paper outfits by Denise Watson.  There was a celebration of Capability Brown's work on the estate as well as part of celebrations throughout the UK on the 300th year of his birth.

These are not paper mannequins but three of our group in the costume room! 

One of the art pieces on the grounds.

I hope you are enjoying my trip and would love to hear from you if you have any comments.