Bus trip to Shrewsbury

Today we went for a bus trip to Shrewsbury. The bus took 50 minutes. We sat at the back therefore we were slightly raised so that we could see over the hedges to the countryside beyond. It was lovely, what a lovely commute. The fields were a mixture of corn, cows, sheep and grass. The bus journey was bizarre to say the least. We were joined on the bus by a group of walkers and when they got off the bus, the driver over the speaker system commented that it was like driving a group of school kids. The bus both to and from Shrewsbury sped down the country lanes, never been on a bus so fast, I did of course work out that the buses at home are unable to speed due to the traffic and the 30mph speed limit. The final oddity was on the return journey the bus went down a residential road just outside Shrewsbury for about ¼ of a mile, then did a three point turn to go back!. Strangely enough it did not do that on the journey to the town.

Shrewbury was a nice place, a mixture of shops, M&S, a QVC outlet shop (never seen that before) and the usual Jessops, Maplins etc. There seemed to be a couple of shopping centres, however, one in particular had so many vacant units. It appears that the recession has hit here as well.

Matilda is clearly enjoying herself, perhaps a bit too much. She really has learnt to hunt. It is very hard to believe that she is the same timid cat which hardly went outside. I do however; miss the old Matilda, who did not need to be watched to see what creature was in her mouth.

(Picture is Ellesmere Lake)