🎄 It’s the final day of our #Shropshire advent calendar, and here is Wenlock Priory almost disappearing beneath a heavy fall of snow. Thank you for your lovely comments about our pictures, and we wish you all a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. 🎅

🎄 It’s the final day of our #Shropshire advent calendar, and here is Wenlock Priory almost disappearing beneath a heavy fall of snow. Thank you for your lovely comments about our pictures, and we wish you all a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. 🎅

🎄 It's Day 23 of our #Shropshire advent calendar and here is a covering of snow on Brown Clee, the highest hill in the county. This is the view from above the village of Shipton, with St James' Church nestled between the trees. ☃️

🎄 It's Day 23 of our #Shropshire advent calendar and here is a covering of snow on Brown Clee, the highest hill in the county. This is the view from above the village of Shipton, with St James' Church nestled between the trees. ☃️

🎄 Day 22 of our #Shropshire advent calendar takes us to Bitterley, near Ludlow, with the tower of St Mary's Church standing out against the snowy slopes of Titterstone Clee. The sky on that day was a glorious bright blue, with a solitary bird wheeling overhead in the winter sunshine. 🎅

🎄 Day 22 of our #Shropshire advent calendar takes us to Bitterley, near Ludlow, with the tower of St Mary's Church standing out against the snowy slopes of Titterstone Clee. The sky on that day was a glorious bright blue, with a solitary bird wheeling overhead in the winter sunshine. 🎅

🎄 Day 21 of our #Shropshire advent calendar features a snowy scene at Harley, with Wenlock Edge seen in the distance. Harley is one of the so-called Thankful Villages, which saw all its men return home safely from the First World War.☃️

🎄 Day 21 of our #Shropshire advent calendar features a snowy scene at Harley, with Wenlock Edge seen in the distance. Harley is one of the so-called Thankful Villages, which saw all its men return home safely from the First World War.☃️

🎄 It's Day 20 of our #Shropshire advent calendar and here's a winter afternoon at Offa's Dyke, not far from Newcastle on Clun. The landscape was still glittering after a hard overnight frost, highlighting the ancient earthwork that runs between England and Wales. 🎅

🎄 It's Day 20 of our #Shropshire advent calendar and here's a winter afternoon at Offa's Dyke, not far from Newcastle on Clun. The landscape was still glittering after a hard overnight frost, highlighting the ancient earthwork that runs between England and Wales. 🎅

🎄 It’s Day 19 of our #Shropshire advent calendar, and here is the Museum of the Gorge at Ironbridge after a severe overnight frost. This is the former Severn Warehouse, where goods produced in Coalbrookdale were moved before starting their journey to the rest of the country and around the world. ☃️

🎄 It’s Day 19 of our #Shropshire advent calendar, and here is the Museum of the Gorge at Ironbridge after a severe overnight frost. This is the former Severn Warehouse, where goods produced in Coalbrookdale were moved before starting their journey to the rest of the country and around the world. ☃️

🎄 Day 18 of our #Shropshire advent calendar shows a frost-covered tree on the county’s ‘other’ Caer Caradoc in the Redlake Valley. This is the view along the ramparts of the hill fort looking towards Hopton Titterhill, on a day when it was so cold that the water had started to freeze in my flask. 🎅

🎄 Day 18 of our #Shropshire advent calendar shows a frost-covered tree on the county’s ‘other’ Caer Caradoc in the Redlake Valley. This is the view along the ramparts of the hill fort looking towards Hopton Titterhill, on a day when it was so cold that the water had started to freeze in my flask. 🎅

🎄 Attingham Park at sunrise is the subject of Day 17 in our #Shropshire advent calendar. The sky was filled with a wonderful pink glow as I was driving past on my way to Shrewsbury, and I just had to pull over to take a picture. ☃️

🎄 Attingham Park at sunrise is the subject of Day 17 in our #Shropshire advent calendar. The sky was filled with a wonderful pink glow as I was driving past on my way to Shrewsbury, and I just had to pull over to take a picture. ☃️

🎄 Day 16 of our #Shropshire advent calendar takes us to beautiful Broad Street in Ludlow on what was a very cold and rainy night. I had to kneel down in a puddle to get this shot, attracting many strange looks from passersby! ☃️

🎄 Day 16 of our #Shropshire advent calendar takes us to beautiful Broad Street in Ludlow on what was a very cold and rainy night. I had to kneel down in a puddle to get this shot, attracting many strange looks from passersby! ☃️

🎄 It's Day 15 in our #Shropshire advent calendar and here is sunrise at Manstone Rock, the highest point on the Stiperstones. It's always a bit tricky driving up there in wintry conditions and - not surprisingly - I had the whole place to myself for a few hours. 🎅

🎄 It's Day 15 in our #Shropshire advent calendar and here is sunrise at Manstone Rock, the highest point on the Stiperstones. It's always a bit tricky driving up there in wintry conditions and - not surprisingly - I had the whole place to myself for a few hours. 🎅

🎄 Day 14 of our #Shropshire advent calendar brings us to Bridgnorth, with the tower of St Leonard’s Church dominating the skyline. This was a day when the entire county was covered in a magical hoar frost, providing great opportunities for landscape photography. 🎅

🎄 Day 14 of our #Shropshire advent calendar brings us to Bridgnorth, with the tower of St Leonard’s Church dominating the skyline. This was a day when the entire county was covered in a magical hoar frost, providing great opportunities for landscape photography. 🎅

🎄It’s Day 13 of our #Shropshire advent calendar, and here are some ponies on the Long Mynd after overnight snow. Beautiful to look at, but I always find that they are less co-operative to photograph than sheep! ☃️

🎄It’s Day 13 of our #Shropshire advent calendar, and here are some ponies on the Long Mynd after overnight snow. Beautiful to look at, but I always find that they are less co-operative to photograph than sheep! ☃️

🎄 Clun Castle is the subject of Day 12 in our #Shropshire advent calendar. In the distance is Sowdley Wood, which is part of Black Hill. I waited a long time to get a picture of the castle in snow, and I finally managed to tick it off my to-do list a couple of years ago. 🎅

🎄 Clun Castle is the subject of Day 12 in our #Shropshire advent calendar. In the distance is Sowdley Wood, which is part of Black Hill. I waited a long time to get a picture of the castle in snow, and I finally managed to tick it off my to-do list a couple of years ago. 🎅

🎄 Christmas lights twinkling in the heart of Much Wenlock feature in Day 11 of our #Shropshire advent calendar. On the right is the beautiful half-timbered Guildhall, while in the foreground is the clock tower which commemorates the diamond jubilee of Queen Victoria in 1897. ☃️

🎄 Christmas lights twinkling in the heart of Much Wenlock feature in Day 11 of our #Shropshire advent calendar. On the right is the beautiful half-timbered Guildhall, while in the foreground is the clock tower which commemorates the diamond jubilee of Queen Victoria in 1897. ☃️

🎄 It’s Day 10 of our #Shropshire advent calendar, and here are the radar domes standing like sentinels on Titterstone Clee. I spent a bitterly cold few hours up on the summit, walking around taking pictures in the late afternoon sunshine with the frozen grass crunching beneath my boots. 🎅

🎄 It’s Day 10 of our #Shropshire advent calendar, and here are the radar domes standing like sentinels on Titterstone Clee. I spent a bitterly cold few hours up on the summit, walking around taking pictures in the late afternoon sunshine with the frozen grass crunching beneath my boots. 🎅

🎄 Day 9 of our #Shropshire advent calendar takes us to historic Fish Street and St Julian's Church in Shrewsbury with - amazingly - no parked cars in sight! The street takes its name from the open air fish market which was held here until Victorian times. ☃️

🎄 Day 9 of our #Shropshire advent calendar takes us to historic Fish Street and St Julian's Church in Shrewsbury with - amazingly - no parked cars in sight! The street takes its name from the open air fish market which was held here until Victorian times. ☃️

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🎄 Day 8 of our #Shropshire advent calendar is the village of Clunbury, seen from Clunbury Hill. The path leading up was more like an assault course - I had to get down on my hands and knees in order to crawl under snow-covered branches. Behind the village is Clunton Hill with Bury Ditches beyond. 🎅

🎄 Day 8 of our #Shropshire advent calendar is the village of Clunbury, seen from Clunbury Hill. The path leading up was more like an assault course - I had to get down on my hands and knees in order to crawl under snow-covered branches. Behind the village is Clunton Hill with Bury Ditches beyond. 🎅

🎄 Day 7 of our #Shropshire advent calendar is a wintry morning at Ironbridge, with the trees covered in a hoar frost. I spent about three hours walking up and down the gorge making the best of the conditions until the sun started to melt it all away. ☃️

🎄 Day 7 of our #Shropshire advent calendar is a wintry morning at Ironbridge, with the trees covered in a hoar frost. I spent about three hours walking up and down the gorge making the best of the conditions until the sun started to melt it all away. ☃️

🎄 Beautiful Stokesay Castle surrounded by snow-covered fields is Day 6 in our #Shropshire advent calendar. I thought I’d just follow the footpath, take a picture and quickly head back to the car - but I had to wait in an icy wind for an hour until the sun came out from behind the clouds! 🎅

🎄 Beautiful Stokesay Castle surrounded by snow-covered fields is Day 6 in our #Shropshire advent calendar. I thought I’d just follow the footpath, take a picture and quickly head back to the car - but I had to wait in an icy wind for an hour until the sun came out from behind the clouds! 🎅

🎄 It’s Day 5 of our #Shropshire advent calendar, and here is a magnificent steam locomotive pulling into the snow-covered station at Hampton Loade on the Severn Valley Railway. A bitterly cold day, but the cakes and hot drinks on sale helped keep me warm! ⛄️

🎄 It’s Day 5 of our #Shropshire advent calendar, and here is a magnificent steam locomotive pulling into the snow-covered station at Hampton Loade on the Severn Valley Railway. A bitterly cold day, but the cakes and hot drinks on sale helped keep me warm! ⛄️

🎄 Day 4 of our #Shropshire advent calendar shows early morning light on the frost-covered balustrades of Cressage Bridge, with the Wrekin seen in the distance. It was very cold standing above the River Severn and I was glad to get back in front of the woodburner at home! 🎅

🎄 Day 4 of our #Shropshire advent calendar shows early morning light on the frost-covered balustrades of Cressage Bridge, with the Wrekin seen in the distance. It was very cold standing above the River Severn and I was glad to get back in front of the woodburner at home! 🎅

🎄 It's Day 3 of our #Shropshire advent calendar and here is Bishop's Castle after overnight snow, looking down High Street towards the Church of St John the Baptist. When I parked up I could see that the snow was melting quickly from the rooftops, so I ran up the Street to get this shot. ☃️

🎄 It's Day 3 of our #Shropshire advent calendar and here is Bishop's Castle after overnight snow, looking down High Street towards the Church of St John the Baptist. When I parked up I could see that the snow was melting quickly from the rooftops, so I ran up the Street to get this shot. ☃️

🎄 Day 2 of our #Shropshire advent calendar takes us to the Stretton Hills and here we have the view from Hazler Hill, looking towards Helmeth Hill and Caradoc. The dark sky you can see was bringing more snow, and after this shot I headed up Caradoc and was caught in a blizzard for an hour. 🎅

🎄 Day 2 of our #Shropshire advent calendar takes us to the Stretton Hills and here we have the view from Hazler Hill, looking towards Helmeth Hill and Caradoc. The dark sky you can see was bringing more snow, and after this shot I headed up Caradoc and was caught in a blizzard for an hour. 🎅

🎄 It's the start of our #Shropshire advent calendar, and here is Ludlow Castle surrounded by hoar frost glistening in the winter sunshine. It was a beautiful morning up on Whitcliffe Common, but the cold was fierce and the only way to stay warm was to keep moving in between taking pictures. ☃️

🎄 It's the start of our #Shropshire advent calendar, and here is Ludlow Castle surrounded by hoar frost glistening in the winter sunshine. It was a beautiful morning up on Whitcliffe Common, but the cold was fierce and the only way to stay warm was to keep moving in between taking pictures. ☃️

1/5 Fifty miles - or 140,000 steps - that’s how far I have walked this year while taking pictures of street signs in towns across #Shropshire. Why? To turn them into jigsaw puzzles! Our range of Names and Places jigsaws covers Shrewsbury, Ludlow, Bridgnorth, Oswestry, Broseley and Ironbridge Gorge.