Friday 26th August, 2022 - Ludlow

 After 45min chat with our hosts,  we left our accomodation and immediately took the wrong road, so drove round in circles for 10 mins and ended up back outside the accommodation !!!! We finally got to Ludlow, and as we drove into carpark, Chris was at the pay and display parking meter.  After a few tears and hugs to say Hi!!, we made our way to a pub, The Rose and Crown, for drinks and lunch and lots of chat.

The Rose and Crown, is a Medieval pub, it has a 13th century Mullioned window (made of stone) in the rear wall.

We then made our way to the Castle, wandering through the market in the square

We have visited a lot of ancient ruined castles, but this is by far the biggest and is very impressive now, and in its day must have been very grand.

Part of us would like to be able to time travel back to be a fly on the wall to see what it was actually like (maybe without the smell)

                                                The Round Chapel

There would have been 3-4 floors, not including the towers and battlements

The kids had a wonderful time exploring.

We spent a couple of hours exploring, then went in search of ice cream, but instead ended up in another pub for drinks before heading to Tamworth.