Towards the end of May 2012, we determined to visit the ruins of Much Wenlock Priory. The route led us past those of Buildwas Abbey, so we called in there first. This is an English Heritage site. There is nothing to give scale to this shot, but although most impressive, the abbey church is not enormous. For once I should have included a human figure!

Here, we look from where the altar would have been…

…and from here, back towards the altar. Many other parts of the monastery survive in various states, and there is some lovely vaulted ceiling work, which our camera could not capture. Alas, the projected trip to Much Wenlock had to be abandoned, because it so happened that the Olympic Torch was due to travel through the town that day, so there was not room to park a pogo-stick, let alone a car. We were forced to flee home via Bridgnorth. More on Much Wenlock Priory later, we hope. (Yes, this actually happened & the link is nearby on this page!)