You know, what’s it like. A confused sat-nav, or your own misguided sense of direction, means you end up having to take a diversion, delaying your journey, causing anything from mild annoyance to downright panic.It started a love affair with Shropshire and an appreciation of the countryside which led to her becoming a successful businesswoman within the hospitality industry.She runs Heritage View Guest House – which once housed Captain Webb – in the beautiful surroundings of Ironbridge.
“One night, I was heading to a gig in Oakengates and I took the wrong turn and it said ‘Coalport’. I thought ‘I wonder what’s down here then?’ So I started driving into Coalport, heading down some winding roads. “My DJ-ing had taken its toll a bit to be honest and I’d be going home with a humming in my head most nights. I wasn’t having good sleep.
“I get people from all over the world – the USA, Canada, China, Japan and then you get visitors from Wolverhampton!“Ironbridge is a lovely base to explore the county, Ludlow, Church Stretton, Much Wenlock and all.” “It was a sweet shop and a tea room in the past,” she says. “It has lots of history, its 450 years old.“It was actually used in a film recently called ‘Can You Hear Me?’.“They used it for a dressing room and it was amazing seeing actors in my new holiday let!Two properties in and Julie is already looking towards her next project. An extension at Heritage View is on the horizon, with plans for a building she owns at the bottom of her gardens to be turned into a cottage.