113 - mon aug 21 - lake district / shrewsbury

suz cooked up a great campsite breakfast before we packed up all our gear and spent the morning back at that cafe in ambleside with the free wifi drinking coffees. then we pressed southward towards the town of shrewsbury. suz spent some time in shrewsbury on her first trip to the uk a couple of years ago, when she worked in a couple of hospitals in england and ireland for two months as part of her course. i wanted her to show me the town and it was luckily kind of on our way. the town was cute, more winding little cobblestone streets and quaint overhanging brown and white upper floors.

we found our way to a camping ground a short drive out of town, a modest affair run by a rather odd but very friendly old man who i think may have been wearing mascara. after setting up the glow in the dark tent along the bank of the severn river - a nice countryside view and only £6 a night, bargain - we drove back into town to eat dinner at the coolest pub in shrewsbury, a grand affair overlooking the river with tall walls lined with old books, charming polished wood tables and bar. it was great.

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