November 1st – I was working from home and had to pop to Chasetown. On my return I came back across Anglesey Wharf Heath from Paviours Road to the M6 Toll canal bridge.
Although the day was murky and damp, the scenery along the way was beautifully coloured in all the shades of autumn.
I’m. not happy summer ended but I might as well enjoy autumn while it lasts I guess…
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October 30th – In Darlaston on a dull day, Victoria Park was doing it’s best to spread a little colour on the day.
That tree really is gorgeous. It would be even better in the sun…
Ah well, maybe tomorrow.
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October 26th – It had been a frustrating day. I needed to get some stuff from a store on the Orbital Centre in Cannock to get started on a job, but the rain was preventing me venturing onto the A5. Finally, as twilight fell around 5pm, the rain ceased.
On the new road that runs to the back of the orbital past Kingswood, the cloud cleared for the most majestic sunset I’ve seen in a very, very long time.
In 15 minutes, it had built from nothing, peaked, and ebbed into darkness.
Proof that even the worst days can contain real, unexpected and worthwhile beauty.
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October 23rd – Another fine autumn day, and I must say, as it usually does, Autumn is starting to rest easy with me. It usually takes me a while to get over the loss of warmth, sun and light evenings, but when I do finally cave in, I find the season gorgeous.
In central Darlaston, the tree-lined roads, fallen leaves and sun-dapped scenery are beautiful and really enjoyable to ride through.
Yeah, go on. I can do this now. I’m ready.
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October 22nd – Tipton’s Coronation Gardens on a beautiful, sunny autumn day.
The Black Country is my home, the place I love: My past, present and hopefully, future.
William Perry the famous pugilist still takes on all comers here, but is continually humiliated by pigeons. His embarassment is quiet and dignified though,like this small but beautiful park.
When you mention Tipton to people who don’t know the place, they invariably imagine dirt, factories, bleak streets and deprivation.
Both I and William Perry know different. Although he’s still annoyed about the pigeons.
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October 17th – On the way to work, I stopped for a break in Victoria Park, Darlaston – the park curiously formed from a railway cutting abandoned in the 1930s.
It’s always beautiful here in Autumn and today, the trees were just shrugging on their seasonal jackets of gold.
Victoria park is a great example of how urban edge land with a peculiar topology can be repurposed into a beautiful and well loved place, that’s always restful and a real oasis in the heart of a busy town.
I’ll never tire of this place.
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October 16th – It’s not all grey and darkness, though – if you look carefully some flowers are still proudly hanging on on the edge lands and verges – the odd ragwort, bindweed, persistent daisies and oddly enough, plenty of purple clover.
There’s always something positive to be found if you look hard enough.
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October 15th – Returning in the evening at the usual time is now crossing into the night: My commute now often starts in twilight and just about ends in darkness.
As I passed Catshill Junction on my way to the High Street on a sodden canal towpath, I just caught the last of the light.
Oh how I hate this gradual, inexorable slide into darkness.
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October 15th – Near Brownhills Common, the colours are changing fast now with the full autumn gamut – from the bright yellow-green of shedding birches to the crimson reds and deep golds of more… Exotic shrubs and trees.
On a wet, grey morning they can really perk you up. A delight to the soul.
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October 13th – A low, tired recovery day, still wrecked from the last week’s intense work schedule and a cold that just wouldn’t lift.
A late, slow bimble to Chasewater rewarded me with more amethyst deceivers – the little purple toadstools I found on the common last week – mingled with fly agaric in their usual spot on the sandy bank near Wharf Lane Bridge.
I note the feels near Meerash oil Hammerwich are still yellow with some blooming crop. Must go take a closer look.
Plenty of other fungi abounded: After an unpromising start, we really are getting some stunning specimens.
Chasewater was wind-blasted and stark, but host to an absolutely huge gull roost. The noise was astounding and impressive.
Returning on the Back Path I was reminded abruptly of an autumn hazard: Slippery leaves. Watch out folks, they can steel your wheels from under you. Thankfully I stayed upright.
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