Severn Gorge Trip, Sunday, July 26th

We started the day by walking to The Rotunda










where we looked along the Severn Gorge











and over to The Wrekin.










Then we descended into Coalbrookdale












to the Museum of Iron











where we met Abraham Darby the Third













and some shire horses.









We, also, found the furnace which Abaham Darby ( the First )
used to smelt iron with coke ( instead of charcoal ) 300 years ago:
a process which kick-started the Industrial Revolution.

A short walk took us to the Greenwood Centre where we had
lunch and met 'Woody the Hoody' and a nymph rising from a tree.

After our meal we set off towards the River Severn











where we saw the old warehouses and former railway
lines which took goods made in this area to The Wharfage
from where they were transported down the river to Bristol.



























Rain fell as we walked to The Ironbridge but
such a magnificent sight lifted our spirits!!!












The End