Today we left Woofferton and headed too Shrewsbury
Today we had Harpal walking with us and Michelle looking after baggage and food logistics.
Woofferton is a village to the south of Ludlow, in Shropshire. It is one of Shropshire’s most southerly villages and lies on the border with Herefordshore. The public house there – the “Salwey Arms” (where we stayed) – is the most southerly in the county.
We had a relatively short walk into Ludlow – which is near the confluence of the rivers Corve and Teme. The oldest part is the medieval walled town, founded in the late 11th century after the Norman conquest of England. A couple of hours into the walk, Michelle picked up Harpal at a prearranged spot.
This was then the start of quite a few hours walking through the Shropshire Hills, initially going past Ludlow racecourse, past quite a few trees where the leaves were starting to turn and then our latest milestone – 500 km.
The scenery was simply stunning – although not much shade for a decent amount of the time, It was much more enjoyable walking the quiet country lanes.
Continuing our walk we marvelled at the houses, obviously some quite well to do areas with large immaculate houses and gardens, plus the odd church or two and then our 300 mile milestone was reached.
After more houses, fields and majestic trees, we came across a historic bridge. The Cantlop Bridge was constructed in 1818 to a design possibly by Thomas Telford, having at least been approved by him, and replaced an unsuccessful cast iron coach bridge constructed in 1812. The design appears to be a scaled-down version of a Thomas Telford bridge at Meole Brace, Shropshire, and is the only surviving Telford-approved cast-iron bridge in Shropshire, a Grade II* listed building and scheduled monument.
Today was another tough day, especially in the back of yesterday. It was brightened towards the end of the day with Michelle, her sister Simi and Harpal walking back to meet us.
Tomorrow we head to Whitchurch.
