4 Alicante Tomato Plants available

Dear Blogger

4 sturdy Alicante tomato plants available.

Email yoland@eleventowns.co.uk

It is HOT and in Ruyton and Shropshire we live near water, Float to live advice

Dear Blogger

FLOAT TO LIVE - advice from the RNLI Royal National Lifeboat Institution

We live near the River Perry and are often in Shrewsbury and next to the River Severn, not to mention Ellesmere and all the other lakes in Shropshire and Wales.  Please pass this safety message round your family and friends. 

Float to Live https://rnli.org/safety/float

Would you know what to do if you got into difficulty in the water? Float by following these five simple steps – it could save your life.

RNLI

This advice is useful to everyone, however you use the water. It has helped save the lives of more than 50 people in all sorts of situations. From children in rip currents to runners falling into canals, from people swept out by waves, to fisherman falling overboard.

The best way to float is to tilt your head back with your ears submerged. Try to relax and breathe normally. You can gently move your hands and legs to help you stay afloat if you need to. Spread your arms and legs out to improve stability – and it's OK if your legs sink, we all float differently. Once your breathing is under control, call for help or swim to safety. Practise floating in a supervised location like a swimming pool.

Linocut at the Orchard on the Cliffe

Dear Blogger

Message from Joanna Gears, Cliffe Crafts.

Next Weekend we are running Linocut sessions on behalf of the Lingen Davies Cancer Support Fund. One on Sunday 31st May and also on Monday 1st June starting at 10 am. A minimum donation will be requested of £5 for the charity and materials will be charged at cost. Learn a new skill and have a great day out in stunning countryside. Assistance will be given in getting to the Shed for those who haven't been before. Email cliffecrafts@gmail.com for further details

Walks with Oswestry Ramblers

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Message forwarded by Ingrid Knowles Oswestry Net

The leaves are out, everywhere is looking green and beautiful. Come and walk with Oswestry Ramblers and make new friends! You don't have to be a member, you're welcome to try us out (but we do ask that you join once you've been out with us 3 times). We're a friendly group and we like to chat as we go along. Here's where we're off to in the next couple of weeks:

Saturday 23 May
THIS IS A SATURDAY WALK

Everyone welcome

You are welcome to join the Trefonen Hill Walk see the web page or facebook link for further details. You MUST register with the organisers to enter. There will be the usual choice of routes: 16 or 10 miles. Both routes start and finish in Trefonen and check in at Llansilin. The shorter route is circular, the longer route adds another circle to make a figure of eight with Llansilin at its centre - choose your route on the day, or even on the hoof. The routes follow delightful rights of way and also paths for which we have been granted permission for the day.
The route will be well marked and supervised; written directions given as back-up. https://www.sientries.co.uk/event.php?elid=Y&event_id=17279 for entries, https://www.trefonen-hillwalk.com/ for further details

Sunday 24 May
Non-members welcome

7 miles, moderate. We walk from Myddle through fields and along old green lanes, to Grumpy, Bilmarsh, Alderton, Newton on the Hill and Merrington before returning to Myddle. Please bring hyour own refreshments for coffee break and lunch. For full details see https://www.ramblers.org.uk/go-walking/group-walks/myddle-gough-walk

Thursday 28 May
Non-members welcome

7.5 miles, 1000ft total ascent, moderate. Lake Vyrnwy Circular from the Old Village Car Park. We view the Giant Hand then follow forest paths with great views of Lake Vyrnwy. The route consists of quiet lanes, forest and field paths with one steep path before descending back down to the hotel and then the Lake, and finally the sculpture park. Please bring your own refreshments for coffee break and lunch. For full details see https://www.ramblers.org.uk/go-walking/group-walks/lake-vyrnwy-circular-old-village-car-park

Sunday 31 May
Non-members welcome

A mainly level 6.5-mile moderate walk starting from Malpas in the lush green countryside of Cheshire, mostly on footpaths through fields with some walking on quiet country lanes. The walk takes us along part of Bishop Bennett Way, around Overton Scar and up Kidnal Hill. Expect a few stiles and some mud. There will be 1 stop for coffee and 1 stop for lunch, please bring your own refreshments. For full details see https://www.ramblers.org.uk/go-walking/group-walks/malpas-meander

Thursday 4 June
Non-members welcome

A 6.2-mile moderate walk, mostly on field footpaths, woodland paths and short sections on quiet country lanes. The route takes us from the picturesque, historic village of Upton Magna towards Haughmond Hill with views of the Wrekin and Caer Caradoc, then up Haughmond Hill via a reasonable incline, through woods, along part of the Shropshire Way and back through the arable fields around Hunkington. There are no stiles, but it may be muddy in places. There will be one stop for coffee and one for lunch, please bring your own refreshments. For full details see https://www.ramblers.org.uk/go-walking/group-walks/upton-magna-and-haughmond-hill-2026