Saturday June 21, 2014

The camp site has loads of rabbits hopping around.  We see at least a dozen every time we go to the facility block.

We were up fairly early and we got the washing done and some of it in the dryer.  Although the site is expensive the washing is the cheapest yet at 2.00 per load.  Of course, not all of our clothes can be put in the dryer, so we strung a line between our bikes and hung what we could.

We took the bus into Shrewsbury.  It is a lovely old Town.  Charles Darwin was born in Shrewsbury and went to school here.

This is the building Darwin went to school.

We decided to do the tourist thing and took the Sabrina boat ride along the Severn.  It was a very nice boat trip and the captain gave a very good narrative as we passed the buildings.

Shrewsbury is a walled City although we couldn\’t really follow them as you can in the City of York.  The walls were built to keep out the Welsh.

There was a lovely market in town, where we had some lunch.  I love street food.

We went into four bike shops and still cannot get a replacement mirror for Ralf.  They have one very interesting one that connects to the down-tube, but Ralf cannot see past his panniers so it isn’t much good for his touring bike.

We went into another outdoor store and they had Jetboil’s on sale.  A Jetboil is a cooking system that boils water very quickly, has its own burner and an electric start.  We had looked at these before leaving Canada and decided that because they only work on canisters, it wouldn’t be practical for Asia etc.  Well we decided it was worth the expense to have two burners, the jetboil can boil water for our coffee in the morning and we don’t have to get the primus out, the jetboil can also be used as a separate burner, so we can have the frying pan on the go and the pot at the same time.

Dinner tonight consisted of Salmon, rice and Mediterranean veges.  It is really handy having a second burner.

Finally, this picture may explain why we keep getting misplaced when we come through Towns.  Same street different name, the street changes name in the middle of a building, not even an intersection!!