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Date: 08 January 2006 19:54:32
Although my Birthday is not until Wednesday, I am extremely priviledged and have a wonderful family who mave have already managed to take me out twice!!
Last night hubby and I went out for an Italian meal with my brother and his wife. We had a lovely evening and the food was (as always) excellent at Casa Italia.
Today, hubby took me on a mystery trip. He had arranged the whole thing a few months in advance, I was advised to blank out 8th Jan in my diary sometime last November. It was all very exciting!! We had Sunday lunch on a steam train on the Severn Valley Railway from Kidderminster to Bridgnorth. What a wonderful day. It has been cold and a little damp, but the views in Bridgnorth were amazing (note to self: post photo's to blog later). The journey was extremely comfy, the food was very good and it was rather cool to see clouds of smoke drifting past the windows every now and then and hear the whistle going!
Having taken the vernicular railway to the top of the cliff, we visited the church of St. Mary Magdalene next to the remains of Bridgnorth Castle. It's a lovely 19c Church, and we were amazed to find that it was open for people to look around. That doesn't seem to be the case for many Churches these days, which is a shame. We enjoyed a walk around the castle grounds and into the town before taking the steam train back again. What a wonderful surprise and enjoyable day (thanks Mr Moog!!!).