Piggery Cottage, Shropshire

20/12/2024

Did you know Attingham Park was the most visited paid attraction in the West Midlands in 2023, welcoming nearly 592,000 visitors. It’s an amazing place. You can arrive to a full car park and still feel like there are only a handful of people there as you explore the estate.

🎄 A snowy sunrise at Attingham Park, near Shrewsbury, features in Day 20 of our Shropshire advent calendar. The golden reflections in the windows caught my eye as I was driving past, and I just had to stop to capture this lovely pink light from a bridge over the River Tern. 🎅

16/12/2024

A worthy Day 16. Clun is a place close to our hearts. Many happy family occasions here.

🎄 Clun Castle at sunset is the subject of Day 16 in our Shropshire advent calendar. In the distance is Sowdley Wood, which is part of Black Hill. This picture was taken just seconds before the sun disappeared and the castle became shrouded in shadow. 🎅

15/12/2024

A now and then look at the 1984 film version of Christmas Carol starring George C. Scott, Frank Finlay, Edward Woodward and Susannah York which was filmed in Shrewsbury. More information about the production is in a link in the comments.

11/12/2024

A stunning photo of a place we know well. A favourite walk of ours involves parking up at Colemere and walking along the canal to Ellesmere.

🎄 A glorious sunset on the frozen Llangollen Canal at Ellesmere is the subject of Day 11 in our Shropshire advent calendar. And yes, it was every bit as cold as it looks! ☃

10/12/2024

🎄 It's Day 10 of our Shropshire advent calendar, and here's Stokesay Castle with snow-covered Ragleth seen in the distance. I was on my way to Clun, but couldn’t resist calling in at what is the best-preserved fortified medieval manor house in England. 🎅

03/12/2024

As in previous years it’s time to share some favourites from this Shropshire photographer’s adventure calendar.

🎄 It's Day 1 in our Shropshire advent calendar and here is beautiful Ludlow beneath a layer of hoar frost. This was my view from Whitcliffe Common, and to say it was bitterly cold on that day would be a huge understatement! ⛄️

06/07/2024

Today we visited our namesake the lovely cafe that’s opened up nearby. Delicious food and lovely views from the outside seating area. We picked up some cards too to put in the cottage to recommend it to our guests. https://www.facebook.com/share/viZXqXTJY5MhZCm3/?mibextid=LQQJ4d

Café, Breakfast, Lunch, Cakes

02/06/2024

We’ve been away for the weekend and returned to this loveliness.

26/05/2024

Finally some colour in the garden 🪴

11/05/2024

Amazing view of the aurora in the sky above Piggery Cottage last night.

31/03/2024

Needed a bit of help with first grass cut this year. The mild winter has meant the grass has not stopped growing!

First cut today! Should be making silage!

06/01/2024

Shush, don’t tell everyone, we like our quiet part of the country.

17/12/2023

It’s been a busy year so we’ve been a little quiet on here. Time to get the lights up though and welcome our Christmas guests. Happy Christmas everyone.

06/07/2023

We are pleased to have been awarded airbnb Superhost status again. We have had this status for a few years now but do not take it for granted. Thank you everyone for your 5 star reviews.

03/06/2023

Cottage garden is starting to look colourful.

04/04/2023

Isn’t nature wonderful. The trellis next to the cottage patio was very rotten and needed replacing. The honeysuckle had also got very woody. “Prune back hard” the book said. We thought we’d lost it but green shoots are showing 🌱

30/03/2023

Our lovely local pub 🍺 🍷

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19/03/2023

The patio was showing the effects of the winter - algae and slime (where does it come from?). Unfortunately the pressure washer let me down but I am amazed what I achieved with fairy liquid and a scrubbing brush. (Will have another go once the pressure washer fixed).