Sunday 8th February 2022 – I hadn’t been feeling very well, and the weather was awful but I needed fresh air. So I did what I always… Read more “#365daysofbiking Slurry up”
Tag: Chesterfield
#365daysofbiking Lane’s end
Monday March 8th 2021 – I was discussing online the other day a local lost stub of a lane that used to be Bullmoor Lane. Bullmoor Lane… Read more “#365daysofbiking Lane’s end”
#365daysofbiking A break in the weather
May 23rd – Over to Lichfield for some essential shopping and the closed state of the city was expected, but dragged me down. There was only one… Read more “#365daysofbiking A break in the weather”
#365daysofbiking Sky watching
May 16th – A day with little wind, beautiful skies and clear air, bathed in beautiful sunshine. There was nothing for it but to saddle up and… Read more “#365daysofbiking Sky watching”
#365daysofbiking Taking a toll
December 22nd – I’ve not been riding back from Shenstone or Lichfield much this winter, and the backlands are not the familiar haunts they were, so it… Read more “#365daysofbiking Taking a toll”
#365daysofbiking Into the darkness
December 22nd – I was in lichfield getting cheese and other essentials for the holiday. I started out in daylight that slid slowly into a dark, dark… Read more “#365daysofbiking Into the darkness”
#365daysofbiking The villages of the evening
December 7th – Christmas is starting to ramp up now and I find myself increasingly on errands and trips to sort things out for the upcoming holiday,… Read more “#365daysofbiking The villages of the evening”
#365daysofbiking Sunshine yellow
April 19th – Spring is mostly about yellow for me. Cowslips, daffodils, oilseed rape and dandelions, the latter two painting the fields different shades of gorgeous on… Read more “#365daysofbiking Sunshine yellow”
July 15th – It was a gorgeous, mellow golden hour that caught the dry grass, hedgerows and crops safely afire. I was interested to see the sun rays from behind the clouds as I laboured back up over Barracks Lane. They put one in mind of a child’s drawing of the sun. I’ve never seen that before.
We’re having some remarkable weather lately.
March 11th – If you’re riding Bullmoor Lane between Hilton and Chesterfield, in the back lanes near Shenstone, beware of mud and … other stuff.
The farmland here has been up for sale for a long time, but now seems to have an owner and they seem to be improving the soil. Slurrey tankers appear to discharge into a large red mobile tank from which a crop sprayer is replenishing it’s supply before returning to it’s smelly, but important task.
Nice to see, but man alive it makes a mess on the nearly roads
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