Joining in with #gritsaltbinmonday & #mapsonmonday - sitting proud on the upper reaches of the Wrockwardine Wood Incline Plane of the (once) Shropshire (tub-boat) Canal

🎶 But I would walk a quarter of a mile, And I would walk a quarter more, Just to be the man who walked half a mile (on no footway), To deliver grit-salt to your door 🎶 #GritSaltBinMonday 🧂❄️⚠️ #Coalbrookdale #Shropshire 💛🚶

🎶 Trans-Europalite Express 🎶 #GritSaltBinMonday 🧂❄️⚠️ #Coalbrookdale #Shropshire 💛🚝

💥 SUPER SALOP! 💥 A sensational Valentine's Day display at the Meadow, and easily the stand-out performance of the season so far. Strong in the tackle, dangerous on the break, and all delivered with bags and bags of energy. Where has this team been all season? More of the same please! #Salop 💙🧡

Tune(s) 👇 #UB40 #UB44

The Daily Record: recorded on this day in 1963 - the sound of sheer joy bottled, in 32 breathless minutes. Worthy of every superlative you could throw at it. Absolutely MAGNIFICENT 🔥🔥🔥 #TheBeatles #PleasePleaseMe 🎙️

A lovely surprise to see blue skies and sunshine over the 'shire this afternoon, so I celebrated with a cheeky little walk along the shoreline at Colemere: #Shropshire 🌥️💦

🎶 The Queen Bee, baby! Pray that you may be left on your own, uh-huh. Grit she'll give you, Gonna outlive you, But the Queen Bee's never gonna be alone, uh-huh! 🎶 #GritSaltBinMonday 🧂❄️⚠️ #QueensHead #Shropshire 💛🐝

Well, we haven't seen a result for a while but the North #Shropshire Fingerpost League is BACK, and its a sensational home win for the Hordley Packers, as the hapless Airmen remain grounded at the bottom of the table 🛩️ #FingerpostFriday ⚽🐮

Had my first trip to the Shire Emporium and Tea Room in Ennerdale Road, #Harlescott today and I enjoyed it very much. Would recommend ✅ #Shrewsbury #Shropshire 🏺☕

I know it seems unlikely but I saw some actual BLUE SKY this afternoon! 😮 #QueensHead #Shropshire 🌥️🚣

🎶 If you come down to the river, I bet you're gonna find some pavements to grit. And you don't have to worry, If you got no grit-salt, Grit bins on the river are happy to give 🎶 #GritSaltBinMonday 🧂❄️⚠️ #Bridgnorth #Shropshire 💛🏞️

🎶 It's fun to grit by the Y.H.A 🎶 #GritSaltBinMonday 🧂❄️⚠️ #Coalbrookdale #Shropshire 💛👷‍♂️

It's only taken me five years, but I've finally got round to watching Peter Jackson's Get Back in all its eight-hour glory! While the whole doco is spectacular, I do not have words to describe the rooftop concert - it's just PURE JOY when this magical band play together ❤️ #TheBeatles #GetBack ✨

Well it wasn't big, or pretty, but let's face it - it was never going to be! We did, however, look better organised and that in turn made us harder to beat. A good move by the new gaffer to place responsibility in the hands of his senior pros, who responded with a hardworking display. #Salop 🔵🟠

Another trip from #Shrewsbury to #Ironbridge on the 96 Select bus today. Arrived in the Gorge a full 5 minutes early; 13 minutes late on the way back, but I and the other 3 passengers were treated to a thrilling ride through the delightful Severn Valley (which made up some time). ✅ #Shropshire 🚌

Your occasional reminder that the Pheasant is one of our county's finest pubs: #Wellington #Shropshire 🍻

Golden hour on the Mere this afternoon #Ellesmere #Shropshire 🌤️🦆

Lunchtime at the wharf #Ellesmere #Shropshire 🌤️💦

Hey fellow pickers! I found a new guitar shop in #Bridgnorth today, on the corner of Postern Gate and Bank Street. It's closed on Mondays but I spied a few interesting items in the window, including a left-handed tuxedo Tele and a very well-priced Japanese Squier Strat 👀 #GCPGuitars #Shropshire 🎸

🎶 Bin is nitty-gritty. Salt is in your city, too. Yellow's still flashin' me. Don't ya, don't ya, don't, don't don't ya wanna grit Friar's 🎶 #GritSaltBinMonday 🧂❄️⚠️ #Bridgnorth #Shropshire 💛🕺

A grey day on St. Mary's Steps #Bridgnorth #Shropshire ☁️

“As long as I can get angry and irritated by what’s going on in the world but still try to put it in a form where there’s hope for the future. It’s been a bleak time, here and internationally, but if you dwell on that, you forget the beauty of the everyday.” RIP Rob Hirst (1955-2026)

‘The tucker box is empty now, the heart of Kelly's country cleared And the gangers on the southern line, like the steam trains have disappeared' Rob Hirst, 1955-2026, the beating heart of Midnight Oil - once seen, once heard, never forgotten. Rest in peace Rob.

We are shattered and grieving the loss of our brother Rob. For now there are no words but there will always be songs. Love Always from Jim, Martin & Pete.

Rob Hirst has had a massive impact on Australian culture. He was the engine driving one of the greatest live bands of all time. RIP, dear Rob. You are irreplaceable, one of a kind, and myself, my family, and all the rest of this great country will miss you so much.

Finally getting to see Rob pounding the kit at Hammersmith Apollo in 2017 and, again, in Manchester in 2019 was one of the greatest thrills of my musical life. A sublime musician, songwriter and - most importantly - compassionate human being. Rest In Peace, Legend. #MidnightOil 🖤

The Daily Record: Don unt Phil! Ain't nobody like 'em 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥 #EverlyBrothers #GreatestHitsAndMore 🎸

Comedy GENIUS 👇 #TheHarryHillShow 🤖

OK, friends and followers, here's a challenge for you that I suspect will go viral just like that tweet about the dress from a few years ago. We're on Town Walls in Shrewsbury but my question is this: what colour is this classic Glasdon grit bin? #GritSaltBinMonday 🧂❄️⚠️ #Shrewsbury #Shropshire 💛 🤔

Hey fellow guitar enthusiasts! Here's a fascinating deep dive into the world of Fender Japan from the pages of Guitar World. I've had my MIJ '50s Tele for about six months now, and it is an absolutely outstanding instrument. Believe the hype! 🔥🔥🔥 #Fender #Japan 🎸🇯🇵

Bundesliga 2 must be Europe's most entertaining league. I've watched two pulsating games on Matchday 18, with Nurnberg v Elversberg and Bochum v Darmstadt yielding 11 goals - but it's the same every weekend 💥 All fixtures streaming live on YouTube and highly recommended! ✅ #ZweiteBundesliga ⚽

An improved display that, while by no means convincing (for we tried our best to gift ten-man Harrogate a late equaliser), delivered the 3 points we badly needed. A lively Ewan Morgan was the pick of our three January signings (who all contributed), and a great strike from TP to win it 🚀 #Salop 💙🧡

Lunchtime at Cottage Pool #NibHeath #Shropshire 🌤️🚴

This is recommended reading for NZ music fans - some fantastic selections (and equally memorable recollections) from the former Headless Chickens front man: #NZMusic 🥝

The Daily Record: a superb but unheralded EP from the golden age of Flying Nun that neither fits neatly into Dunedin jangle or the darker side of the label. I could make a lazy comparison with early Pretenders but Jay Clarkson's undeniable talent is all her own 🔥🔥🔥 #TheyWereExpendable #BigStrain 🥝

🎶 Suddenly, I'm not half the bin I used to be. There's a shadow hanging over me 🎶 #GritSaltBinMonday 🧂❄️⚠️ #Shrewsbury #Shropshire 🖤

#GritSaltBinMonday 🧂❄️⚠️ #Grinshill #Shropshire 💛☃️

Oldest building in town ✅ Former Victorian fire station ✅ Bank built on the site of a Debtor's Gaol ✅ Wall mural featuring a medieval horn corer, and the Chamberlain to Edward II ✅ Broxap grit bin ✅ It's just another day in WLN, baby! 💪 #GritSaltBinMonday 🧂❄️⚠️ #Wellington #Shropshire 💛🦌

The final timetable for the Severn Valley Branch between Shrewsbury and Bewdley from 1963 @ferrettrash.bsky.social #Shropshire #Railways 🚉

Happy New Year friends and followers! We're beginning 2026 in style with the first ever Slingsby to be featured on Grit Salt Bin Monday: a robust, heavy duty 200L located directly beneath Coalbrookdale viaduct. #GritSaltBinMonday 🧂❄️⚠️ #Coalbrookdale #Shropshire 💛🚂

🎶 Ah, I'd love to wear a rainbow every day, And tell the world that everything's okay, But I'll try to carry off a little darkness on my back. 'Til things are brighter, I'm the bin in black 🎶 #GritSaltBinMonday 🧂❄️⚠️ #Shrewsbury #Shropshire 🖤

A dreadful game of football and an even worse performance from our beleaguered, undermanned squad, whose confidence is clearly at rock bottom. Hard to see how Michael Appleton comes back from this, but - IMHO - the responsibility for our unenviable position lies firmly with the chairman. #Salop 🔵🟠

Corbet Wood, bathed in afternoon sunshine on the last day of 2025 👌 #Shropshire 🌤️🚴

As we're half way through the season, and it's the last one of the year, I'm getting nostalgic today 🧵 🎶 From red Rotaforms in Appledore Drive to burnished green Glasdons, and beehives in Clive - here are a few of my favourite bins 🎶 #GritSaltBinMonday #Shropshire 💛💚♥️🖤

Merry Christmas, friends and followers - hope you have a good one (or the best you can)! 🎅🎁🎄

I enjoyed a festive treat at the Gorge Film Club in Coalbrookdale today in the form of the Holdovers. I'll admit, this one passed me by on release (although it was very successful) but that's my loss because this is a modern Christmas classic. Funny, poignant and full of pathos ✅ #TheHoldovers 🎬🎄

🎶 I see bins of green, red ones, too. All full of grit, for me and you. And I think to myself, What a wonderful world 🎶 Season's greetings friends and followers - may all your grit bins overflow with festive cheer! #GritSaltBinMonday ☃️🎄🎅 #Shropshire 💚♥️

A beautiful morning in Salop, and Sabrina is looking surprisingly docile given all the rain we've had recently: #Shrewsbury #Shropshire 🌤️

The Daily Record: for me, you can throw a blanket over everything Bailter Space released between 1989 and '97 (it's all brilliant) but The Aim's wondrous four songs perfectly distil its thunderous essence, with the majestic Shine the ethereal centrepiece. RIP Brent McLachlan 🖤 #BailterSpace #TheAim