Fairford to Stafford

Today was travel day from Fairford to Stafford.
Last night we were told that we needed to shift our car out of the hotel carpark as there was a Market in the car park the next morning and we wouldn’t be able to get our car . Sure enough when we were packing up the stalls were going up. We were most impressed with two people in wheelchairs, who each only had the use of one arm, setting up their stalls using their feet for assistance as well.
We travelled through Shropshire & Hereford today, once again a mainly cropping area but this time there were also apples, cherries, kiwiberries, strawberries, blueberries & plums.
We travelled to Stafford to drop our car off before getting the train at 6:04 in the morning to Holyhead, catch the ferry to Dublin, taxi to Dublin airport to the Sixt Car Rental depot and wait for Diane & David to fly in from Glasgow before heading to Carlow in the car. Will be a big day which I am sure will be finished off with a couple of refreshments.
On the way today we stopped at Ludlow, we were surprised by yet another change in the architecture of the buildings. We also visited the castle. It is ruins now but was totally worth the visit, it must have been very impressive in its day.Read more