Further holiday stuff. Interesting things I got up to:
I went to Shrewsbury for about a week. Lots of interesting industrial history stuff: a flax mill and later malting which was the first iron-framed building in the world, Iron Bridge, and the Iron Museum with lots about iron and in particular casting processes, saint Chad's church (yes, really) which is one of the few round churches in the UK, Stokesay Castle (not a real castle but a fortified mediaeval manor), Saint Lawrence church at Ludlow (they didn't let me go up the tower).
Among other things that happened in this holiday my ancient iPhone SE broke down. So I of course had to buy another one. For which of course the bank wanted me to 2FA, with my phone, which was broken.
I shit on Delegated Regulation (EU) 2018/389 forever.
Other than that it was great. The Flax Mill has a great cafe, and in Ludlow we had very nice food at the Harp Lane's Deli.
In Shrewsbury itself we had good food at La Lanterna (Italian), and Casa Naranjo (Spanish). Do not recommend the greenhouse cafe.
We also went to Evensong at the Abbey (for the music). It was alright, but I've heard better.
And now I'm back in Cumbria for about another week.
Having a decent Christmas Eve, did some snow shoveling and am getting ready to either watch a movie or game. Decisions, decisions. 🤔
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