It will be another day of off and on sunshine and rain. It is really sort of nice as sometimes it is shining and raining at the same time and everything looks and smells so good when the sun comes out. A good day for a car but it would not be good on a motorcycle.

Our first stop was Ironbridge. It is a small town about 40 miles west of Birmingham. It is real pretty farm country with rolling hills and a river with a deep gorge. In the town is an iron bridge that was the first ach bridge in the world to be made of iron. It is really a unique design. We skipped breakfast at the hotel and had a light breakfast and tea in a small shop here.

We stopped at two other villages today. The first was Shrewsburg and the second was Chester. Both towns have protected their old buildings within old city walls. We walked the narrow streets and took photos.

Tonight we are in Blackpool. It is a beach town on the west shore of northwest England north of Liverpool on the Irish Sea. We are in another Best Western right on the road across from the beach. It is an older hotel but nice and very interesting. We had pub food tonight.