Garden 22 August 2018

 petunias in one of the hanging baskets

 pale lilac iruses

 dahlias, not very good this year behind them Japanese anenome

 Hostas behind seats, bamboos on right

 Buddleia far right

 Water feature on right

 sedum in a pot

garden August 2018

Taken from upstairs window

 one of many hanging baskets

 hanging basket on house wall, tomatoes underneath

some of the petunias in the hanging baskets

Tony's surprise 80th weekend

 Attingham Park Mansion

original wall panel in small ante room

 The kitchens were very interesting and well equipped

 artichokes in the re-modelled walled garden

 He is in blissful ignorance here

 The one mile river walk

 Lyn and Joe having a rest

 chris, Luke and Inara waiting for dinner at the Buckatree hotel

 Ironbridge gorge

At Bliss Hill, the Victorian village museum

 The original foundry that was there before the village was built

 school room

 Tony chatting to Izzy

Lyn and Stephen (daughter and son)

Luke and Adam being entertained by daughter in law

 Tony receiving his presents

 The lovely park behind the Valley hotel in ironbridge

 Seen from our window, wonderful roof tiles

 our suite

complimentary cakes for tony's 80th in the Valley hotel

The Valley Hotel, our room top floor window open

Original tiles on the walls of the Valley hotel. It is thought once made specially for the hotel the moulds were destroyed.

We had five days in Shropshire. Lynda and Stephen organised a surprise weekend for Tony’s 80^th. All he knew was that we were going to Telford for a weekend (3 nights) with Lynda, her treat ánd we booked 2 nights in Ironbridge on our own afterwards. We arrived at the Buckatree hotel on the Friday and waited for Lyn and Joe to join us. On the

Saturday with Joe driving we went to near Shrewsbury to Attingham Park and mansion, a National Trust house and deer park. The hardest thing was keeping Tony out all day (we had numerous rests for cups of coffee), while the rest of the family arrived at the hotel as they were all driving up that day.. When we arrived back at the Buckatree hotel all the family were hiding in the bar. Ther were 16 of us altogether including three great grandchildren. It was a lovely weekend.