July 12th – Coming off the canal near Rushall Junction and following cycle trail 54 to Walsall through Yew Tree, the cycleway between the farm and housing estate is marked in darkness by little solar powered cats eyes.
How fabulous is that?
A joy to ride.
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March 19th – I rode the canal down through south Walsall, through Tower Hill and down into Birmingham. The canal alternates here between deep, deep cuttings and tall, elevated sections. There are 3 really impressive bridges, and I took time to go up on each one. I was fascinated by the ramshackle brickwork amongst the weather-fissured sandstone, put there to stope the face collapsing. An odd solution.
The going was very heavy – the towpaths are still very muddy and slimy and they need a couple of weeks of decent weather to dry out a bit. The Birmingham Cycle Revolution doesn’t seem to be coming to this line, which is a shame, as it’s a lovely route.
July 1st – I see the work to upgrade the electricity transmission line from Ray Hall to Drakelow continues apace – this is the same line that I’ve been watching in South Staffordshire. Here at Great Barr, the line is being rerouted to the south a few hundred yards. A new pylon has been erected, and the lines are being transferred over. Fascinating stuff.
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