Autumn - Bishops Castle and Norbury

I had a few hours to sortie the countryside and set off to Bishops Castle an area where there is no O2 signal so as I had promised to "phone a friend" at a certain time I used the telephone box! The first one I couldn't work and the second took a credit card!

 

Gorilla Knitting 

Bug in a phone box

Wroxeter Roman City - Viriconium Cornoviorum

Wroxeter Roman City is an English Heritage site.  Viriconium Cornoviorum was  legionary fortress in the 1st Century AD,  the town was established in 90 AD.  It was abandoned in 7th Century after being conquered by the Anglo-Saxon kingdom of Mercia though there continued to be inhabitants around St. Andrews Church.  I had an afternoon to explore and I found the Roman site, church and an English Vineyard and only 20 minutes away from Shrewsbury!   There is a recreated house and it gives a great example of a dwelling comparable with that dwellings in Pompeii. One can see amazing excavations of the city especial "the old work" the impressive tall structure. Double bands of orange-red tiles separate the stonework.

 

Autumn - a visitor to the garden

This mornings lesson for me is to always have one's camera settings ready for an impromptu shot. I had left the ISO set at 500 and therefore in a rush to take this picture of what I think is a Jay there was no time to change settings before it flew away.  I had been called a few minutes before with "there are two Jays in the garden". I hope they will return.

Autumn in Shropshire