Saturday 8th January 2022 – Surviving winter is not trivial. If you’re a lover of summer, light and green, the lightless, lifeless season can be grim –… Read more “#365daysofbiking Filling the space between then and now”
Tag: Black Path
#365daysofbiking better than expected
Saturday January 2nd 2021 – Although we’ve not had the inches of snow I would have liked, we had repeated short falls that kept it topped up.… Read more “#365daysofbiking better than expected”
#365daysofbiking Downtown lights
Sunday November 15th 2020 – As another wet, grim weekend drew to a close without a decent ride I pottered down the Black Path and stopped to… Read more “#365daysofbiking Downtown lights”
#365daysofbiking A gentle fall
Monday, October 19th 2020 – The autumn is now in full swing, and the leaves are dropping at a rate. Combined with the rains, it can make… Read more “#365daysofbiking A gentle fall”
#365daysofbiking Slipping from one thing, into another
Tuesday, September 22nd 2020 – On the way home from work, a journey along the Black Path that runs from the Parkview Centre in Brownhills, up through… Read more “#365daysofbiking Slipping from one thing, into another”
#365daysofbiking Living in another world
January 25th – Of course, I came back through Chasewater for a reason. I wanted to get Chasewater and the area surrounding in mist, when I actually… Read more “#365daysofbiking Living in another world”
#365daysofbiking The colours of the night
November 3rd – I was hoping the inversion had settled on Chasewater, as that can be stunningly beautiful – but sadly, it was as clear as a… Read more “#365daysofbiking The colours of the night”
#365daysofbiking The united colours of autumn
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… Read more “#365daysofbiking The united colours of autumn”
August 11th – On the Black Path, it felt like autumn. On the canal it rained like autumn.
I hope the sun comes back soon. I feel bereft.
August 1st – One of the less obvious food sources for smaller birds like goldfinches are the wind-borne seeds of dandelions, ragwort, thistle and here, rosebay willowherb. Growing like buddleia in any urban setting where there’s a scrap of extractable nutrition, this prolific weed has gorgeous pink flowers and produces huge amounts of fluff, containing its seeds.
Small birds will spend ages on seedbeds picking out the tiny black seeds and gorging upon them. It’s fascinating to watch, and these are an excellent source of nutrition.
Everything has a purpose in nature.
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