Wet and cold through the night and well into the morning but a dry afternoon, well long enough for us to take our walk which is indeed all we ask for!

Parking down by the riverside, we are rather shocked to see how high the river is and in fact the riverside walk I had planned was not going to happen without armbands!

Walking towards the town the castle stands proud dominating the riverside.

From here we wandered into and around the town, I used to live here (well a village nearby) some 25 years ago, so am curious to see what has changed.

Well the market square is still the same, though I notice that Marks & Spencer’s has gone and in fact many of the shops look a bit run down. Ah well nothing stays the same – I was curious, we’ve been, curiosity satisfied!