Djelibeybi and I spent an enjoyable afternoon wandering the streets of Shrewsbury before going off to the movies to see How to Lose Friends and Alienate People (verdict: light-hearted, fun, but the first half was all about agonising uncomfortableness to the point I almost couldn’t stand it, but the second half was good. Not likely to win awards, but fun).

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A nice little lunchtime dose of culture.

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… while on a saunter around the environs. Thought I might as well ask if I was allowed to borrow & see if they had any good CSS books. I never found out because was waylaid by the most awesome collection of modern classical CDs and scores and music books ever accidentally discovered in a science and technology university library. WOW!

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An after-hour tours, with laid-on wine and strawberries and various other nibblies forbidden to me. Very interesting tour, although I do think £25 was a bit steep for members, but it was enjoyable and interesting and we got to see parts of the house not normally open to the public, which was cool. I took a heap of photos, mostly of musical instruments. And now we’re members of Kew Gardens too!

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Seems good to start with – nice people, work seems interesting. I went and sat by the Albert Memorial in the sun to eat my lunch while watching the Royal Albert Hall lurk. Lovely.

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Specifically, the Jackfield tile museum and the Coalbrookedale Museum of Iron – both excellent and some lovely designs on display.

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In particular, Much Wenlock (which has an awesome yarn shop and a very nice bakery and an excellent ruined priory where we bought an English Heritage picnic rug at last) and Bridgnorth (which has a great corridor-style secondhand bookshop). Saw some gorgeous tiles at the Much Wenlock priory and a ruined abbey en route – curious because they were all totally random tiles – apparently they were original, so I guess the monks picked up a few batches of seconds from the local tile factories!

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