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365 days of biking
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July 5th – I keep passing this graffiti on the canal side at…
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July 5th – I keep passing this graffiti on the canal side at Wolverhampton.
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July 5th – A glorious, sunny and hot exploration of Ironbridge,…
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July 5th – A glorious, sunny and hot exploration of Ironbridge, followed by a wonderful ride home.
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July 4th – I returned to Walsall during a glorious golden hour….
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July 4th – I returned to Walsall during a glorious golden hour.
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July 3rd – Bird’s Foot Trefoil – which previously…
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July 3rd – Bird’s Foot Trefoil – which previously I’ve erroneously referred to as Vetch, sorry – is a beautiful plant.
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July 3rd – Summer in the Lichfield Street and Hatherton Road…
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July 3rd – Summer in the Lichfield Street and Hatherton Road areas of Walsall Town Centre – the ‘civic’ quarter – is a joy.
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July 2nd – The honeysuckle at the roadside by the Black Cock…
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July 2nd – The honeysuckle at the roadside by the Black Cock Bridge I pointed out a couple of weeks ago is now breaking into full bloom.
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July 2nd – Today, summer faded to grey and the rain returned. I…
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July 2nd – Today, summer faded to grey and the rain returned.
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July 1st – There was a huge fire at a plastics recycling plant…
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July 1st – There was a huge fire at a plastics recycling plant in Smethwick, on the Birmingham/Black Country border, caused by a Chinese lantern.
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June 30th – Up on Barr Beacon for the Bands on the Beacon gig,…
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June 30th – Up on Barr Beacon for the Bands on the Beacon gig, it was a bit grey when I left.
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June 29th – At Chasewater, I stopped to study something…
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June 29th – At Chasewater, I stopped to study something I’d not taken much notice of before – a microwave transceiver antenna between the boating lake and Innovation Centre.
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June 29th – Out for an evening spin after a traumatic day, I…
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June 29th – Out for an evening spin after a traumatic day, I headed to Chasewater.
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June 28th – I don’t often ride into Stonnall from…
365 days of biking 29 Jun 13
June 28th – I don’t often ride into Stonnall from Cartersfield Lane, but having hopped off the canal at Warrenhouse, then over Barracks Lane, it seemed a reasonable route.
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June 28th – A wonderful spin out in warm rain to Chasewater,…
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June 28th – A wonderful spin out in warm rain to Chasewater, then back to Stonnall.
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June 27th – I came home in a rainstorm. It was drizzling…
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June 27th – I came home in a rainstorm.
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June 27th – a third day at Leicester, and another day admiring…
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June 27th – a third day at Leicester, and another day admiring the flowers at South Wigston.
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June 26th – Interesting to see that the unusual solution to…
365 days of biking 27 Jun 13
June 26th – Interesting to see that the unusual solution to bicycle parking employed at Leicester station is now heavily oversubscribed.
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June 26th – It had caught my eye the morning before – a late…
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June 26th – It had caught my eye the morning before – a late flowering crop of oilseed rape in a field also partially spread with crimson poppies, just in the lee of Pipe Hill as one descends down into Lichfield.
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June 25th – In Leicester today, and out early. This gave me…
365 days of biking 25 Jun 13
June 25th – In Leicester today, and out early.
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June 24th – Technically, although summer has only just started,…
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June 24th – Technically, although summer has only just started, it feels midway right now.
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June 23rd – An evening spin out to Chasewater, and a…
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June 23rd – An evening spin out to Chasewater, and a surprisingly choppy reservoir put me in ming of childhood trips to Rhyl or Prestatyn.
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June 23rd – Cyling tip no. 6754a. Mudguards are cheaper than new…
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June 23rd – Cyling tip no.
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June 22nd – There’s dereliction of a different kind not…
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June 22nd – There’s dereliction of a different kind not far away from the land in the last post.
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June 22nd – Up in Walsall Wood, near Streets Corner,…
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June 22nd – Up in Walsall Wood, near Streets Corner, there’s a sad sight.
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June 21st – The north end of Chasewater Dam is currently…
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June 21st – The north end of Chasewater Dam is currently carpeted in a beautiful display of moon daisies, which not only look delightful, but smell beautiful, too.
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21st June – Up on the A5, at Newtown, Brownhills, it’s…
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21st June – Up on the A5, at Newtown, Brownhills, it’s reconstruction time again.
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June 20th – Out for a beer in Walsall with some very good pals,…
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June 20th – Out for a beer in Walsall with some very good pals, I found myself coming home in heavy, sweet, warm rain.
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June 20th – Roses never look better than when they’re wet…
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June 20th – Roses never look better than when they’re wet from rain and growing wild.
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June 20th – A wet afternoon. I came back from work and headed to…
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June 20th – A wet afternoon.
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June 19th – It’s honeysuckle time again. On the…
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June 19th – It’s honeysuckle time again.
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June 19th – Jockey Meadows and Bullings Heath, Walsall Wood, are…
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June 19th – Jockey Meadows and Bullings Heath, Walsall Wood, are beautiful right now.
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June 18th – A bit of a disaster, photographically. I forgot my…
365 days of biking 20 Jun 13
June 18th – A bit of a disaster, photographically.
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June 17th – I love lupins. These tall flowers grow wild along…
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June 17th – I love lupins.
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June 17th – At Spring Road station in Birmingham, I overheard to…
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June 17th – At Spring Road station in Birmingham, I overheard to travellers discussing the white plates visible on the the edge of the opposite platform, down beside the track.
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June 16th – Not sure what the deal is here, to be honest. At…
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June 16th – Not sure what the deal is here, to be honest.
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June 16th – A ride out to Cannock Chase in the afternoon. The…
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June 16th – A ride out to Cannock Chase in the afternoon.
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June 15th – Returning from the Canal Festival at Pelsall, I…
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June 15th – Returning from the Canal Festival at Pelsall, I stopped in the sunshine to check out the canal side wild flowers.
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June 15th – Yesterday, a local tweeter spotted something amusing…
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June 15th – Yesterday, a local tweeter spotted something amusing outside our local newsagents in Brownhills.
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June 14th – The roadside verges and hedgerows are an unusually…
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June 14th – The roadside verges and hedgerows are an unusually rich delight at the moment.
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June 14th – Headed out to Lichfield late afternoon, and battled…
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June 14th – Headed out to Lichfield late afternoon, and battled the wind, fully loaded, on the way back.
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June 13th – I took a diversion from my usual route to Darlaston…
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June 13th – I took a diversion from my usual route to Darlaston and hopped on the canal, which was lovely, despite the wet weather.
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June 13th – At Birchills, on the way to Darlaston, I spotted…
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June 13th – At Birchills, on the way to Darlaston, I spotted coot chicks.
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June 12th – An awful commute from a weather point of view. The…
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June 12th – An awful commute from a weather point of view.
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June 11th – What goes up… must come down. It’s been a few…
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June 11th – What goes up… must come down.
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June 11th – Back in Tyseley, and a change in the weather; it was…
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June 11th – Back in Tyseley, and a change in the weather; it was dark and overcast, but rather warm as I dashed to the station.
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June 10th – Cycling over to the supermarket in Burntwood, I…
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June 10th – Cycling over to the supermarket in Burntwood, I surprised this lady grazing on the scrub on the Sportway, which just goes to show that even at 4pm on a bright, sunny day it’s important to be vigilant for red deer on the Chasetown Bypass…
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June 10th – A day of pottering around on errands and short…
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June 10th – A day of pottering around on errands and short journeys, during which I spotted these lovely huge poppies growing in the hedgerow in Hall Lane, Walsall Wood.
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June 9th – Sad to note that like other towers in the backbone…
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June 9th – Sad to note that like other towers in the backbone microwave network, Turner’s Hill mast in Rowley Regis is looking very bare now.
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June 9th – An odd little bridge on a bend in the Wyrley and…
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June 9th – An odd little bridge on a bend in the Wyrley and Essington Canal at Wednesfield.
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June 8th – From Lichfield, out to Croxall, Edingale, Harlaston…
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June 8th – From Lichfield, out to Croxall, Edingale, Harlaston and back via Hopwas.
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June 8th -A sunny, but windy summer afternoon. I headed out to…
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June 8th -A sunny, but windy summer afternoon.