Local Rides

[mog]

Had a day off on Monday and had a ride down to Ludlow.
Not been there for a few years, parked up by the castle and had a wonder around the market before getting a cuppa and heading for home.
An enjoyable couple of hours with the odd bit of sunshine too !

[mog]

Great ride today ..........

From Shrewsbury over the Berwyn's to Bala, ice cream by the lake
down towards the coast and Dolgellau, walk along the beach at Fairbourne
then a cuppa in Aberdyfi and back home via Welshpool

163 miles in great weather ......... heaven

[harleyshrew]

Sounds great Mog It was a nice day
I even heard my next door neighbour (well almost) sort off whistle off on his Panhondeurobollox, at about 08:30 on a Sunday morning
Me ..............I polished, (the bike that is) cut the hedgeWhile my two teenage daughters who say they come to spend time with their ol dad watched the Sound of Music all afternoonExcept when the footy was on (great Aston Villa - Man untd game) Then they disappeared soon enough until their roast dinner was ready (also cooked by yours truly). Think I would have rather been out riding on such a lovely day

Just cannot wait until me new axle/spindle gets here Might get to join you one of these rides then

Take care

[Shropshire_Lass]

Aha - the Easter holidays! Lucky bugger Sounds like your having some good runs out.

Gotta go to a printers tomorrow to sign off a load of artwork - was really looking forward to it cos its over on the East Coast so was going to make a ride of it ..... until coming back from the Big Breakfast at Prees on Sunday!

Bike sounds like i got a bag of bricks in the primary case - it's getting picked up tomorrow

Bugger! Gotta go in the chuffin car now

[mog]

Originally Posted by Shropshire_Lass

Aha - the Easter holidays! Lucky bugger Sounds like your having some good runs out.

No holidays Ruth, just a Sunday run. I don't get the same holidays as someone you know !

Originally Posted by Shropshire_Lass

Bike sounds like i got a bag of bricks in the primary case - it's getting picked up tomorrow
Bugger! Gotta go in the chuffin car now

Hope the bike got sorted out !!

[mog]

Had a ride out to Mitchel's Fold stone circle today ...
For anyone that doesn't know, this is just off the A488 Shrewsbury to Bishops Castle road, near a place with the amazing name of White Grit !!
It's a good road to experience too especialy the bit winding through Hope Valley, and on a sunny day like today ........ pure magic !

Gonna put a couple of pics in the main region 29 section a bit later.

For a bit more info about the stone circle see here


And a bit more here too ......

Mitchell's Fold Stone Circle

Stone circles attract more fascination than any other ancient monument. Shropshire’s best example is at Mitchell’s Fold, near Chirbury.
It sits high in the Shropshire hills, on the long ridge of Stapeley Hill, 1000 feet above sea level and close to the Welsh border. Its exposed position gives fine views of the Stiperstones to the east and the Welsh hills to the west.
In approximately 2000-1400BC local Bronze Age communities erected Mitchell’s Fold to be 27 metres in diameter and consisting of thirty stones. Today only fourteen survive, most standing under a metre tall, the tallest nearly two metres.
Alongside the Circle and running through it, are thin ridges. Their relationship to the circle, (if any) remains unknown.
There is even a story that one of the stones is a petrified evil witch who was punished for milking a magic cow through a sieve. The good people of Shropshire then set a circle of other stone's around her to prevent her from escaping.
This legend has even been carved into a sandstone pillar in Middleton Church, near Stapeley Hill.
Local folklore also suggests that King Arthur drew Excalibur from one of the stones here to become king of the Britain’s.
Like most stone circles, Mitchell’s Fold was probably used for some Bronze Age ritual or ceremonial purpose.