Telford

Sunday I traveled North from London to Telford for some training. The only tourist attraction in Telford is the iron bridge over the Severn River. I walked there on my first day, getting some incredulous looks when I told people I had walked (maybe because it's 12km).

The only other touring I did was to climb the Wrekin, a local hill of some 400m. Actually, I tried to climb it once but climbed the wrong hill (the Ercall as it turns out). When I got to the top, I could see the Wrekin but there was a quarry in the way and it was getting late. I climbed the Wrekin (for real this time) two days later.

I have no idea what the story is behind the teddy-bear-heads-on-spikes fence, but I know it kept me out. The cooling towers are from a local power plant. They totally dominate the skyline in the area, but apparently a lot of attention to detail was put into their construction to make them fit in in better. The concrete is the colour of autumn leaves on purpose to blend in better.

I need to fix my camera as it's occasionally very annoying not to have a screen.