Europe 2008 Part 59

 Shrewsbury

 

Here is a view of the Castle from the grounds the next morning: 

 

 

Then we walked across the street to the Public Library, where we caught up on our emails.

This is an historic building. For years it was the school for the city of Shrewsbury.

Most famous of all the pupils is Charles Darwin, who lived in Shrewsbury for many years.

So the city has erected a statue of him out side the front entrance.

Margaret thought there was a faint resemblance:

 

 

Then we explored the market area, which was not very active that day, and we went on our way past Birmingham to Stratford-on-Avon.

We very soon found a Bed and Breakfast place which suited us (below) in a rural area a kilometre or two out of the town.