June 25th – I say, phantom poo flinger – you, yes you scummy git – stop it forthwith.
People are working hard to clear the rail line below the Anglesey Branch Canal aqueduct as a walking and cycling trail for all the public to use.
Volunteers are fed up with cleaning up after you.
More power to them, it’s a filthy habit and you should be ashamed.
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June 25th – Nice, but sad to see the white water lilies are out now on the canal between Brownhills and Chasewater.
Running an errant in the evening, I passed these near Freeth Bridge and although I love them, their appearance signals a summer passing.
Hopefully the weather will improve soon and I’ll be able to make the most of it.
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June 24th – When I left for work on a decent but grey Monday, I took to the canal with a heavy heart.
It wasn’t long though before something cheered me up – the Walsall Wood swan family, chirruping to each other as they begged for treats in Walsall Wood.
Such a cheerful, delightful family, always under the watchful eye of mum and dad.
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June 23rd – Another cheering sight was the swan family resting up en masse in a canalside garden near Wharf Bridge. Sadly slightly depleted in number now due to predation, the six remaining birds were content and sleeping – along with a cheeky mallard that clearly decided to join them.
What a lovely thing to have in your garden!
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June 23rd – A tired, grumpy recovery day. I set out mid afternoon to find something to cheer me up – no easy task in the grey and drizzle that prevailed: Such a shock after the bright, warm summer of the day before.
At Norton Bog, I found what I was looking for: The brightness of summer flowers around the small pool by the bypass.
Several varieties of orchid, devils paintbrush and birdsfoot trefoil mingled and competed to be the most vivid.
A lovely display that did indeed perk me up no end.
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June 22nd – Spotted in the sale/want ads on display in a newsagent’s window in Melbourne.
This has to be a piss take.
If you can’t work out why, say it out loud…
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June 22nd – A hurried, fast three hour ride out to an event I’d not been to before – Ashby Steam Fair at Boundary, between Swadlincote and Ashby de la Zouch. A fine day.
The fair itself was excellent, and probably the best I’d ever been to – and after I carried on to Calke, Staunton Harold Reservoir, Melbourne and then into Derby via National Cycle Route 6.
I’m always charmed by a decent steam event, and this one was terrific; not least for the sheer diversity of collections, exhibits and pastimes on display.
You can see a full gallery of that on my main blog here.
I left Derby on Route 54 and returned via Rolleston, Anslow, Barton and Lichfield.
It was a great day, and Staunton Harold was just as peaceful and as beautiful as ever it was.
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June 21st – Crossing the canal on the Silver Street Bridge, a gang of always-hungry Canada geese could clearly smell my curry.
I told them that they wouldn’t like it, and anyway, they hadn’t finished their algae yet.
That was slightly unfair as there’s more this year for some strange reason than I’ve seen for years. Hopefully the coming hot weather will clear it off…
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June 21st – Returning in the half light interregnum between day and night, I passed through Brownhills to get a takeaway.
Passing the cut through between High Street and Short Street, I noticed the street art stencil artwork by Birmingham artist Itchers – and it occurred that in the six months or so that it had been here, I hadn’t featured it.
Painted on the side of Archers Florist, it’s much loved and the work of a clever, talented and witty artist.
Can’t think why I haven’t featured it before.
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June 20th – Again heading over Catshill Junction on the way to the High Street, I checked out something I’d spotted the day before: Some kind and community-minded soul has taken it upon themselves to clear the far side of the canal near the narrows on the way to Anchor bridge. I suspect the same for have also cleared the scrub away from the sculpture ‘Cycle of Life’ on the canal junction too, as the job is far tidier than the the one usually done by the Canal and River Trust, who seem to just leave the debris where it lands.
Whoever did this, thank you. It’s nice to see the brickwork at the narrows (formerly a toll point) as it’s a fascinating style.
I’ve always found it sad that when the new flats were built here to replace Bayley House, the various parties couldn’t get it together to sort out the scrub which must seriously shade the dwellings and impede their view.
Again, thank you.
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