Wednesday 16th February 2022 – The weather was stormy and unpleasant to ride in, and when I left Telford where I’d been working there was driving rain… Read more “#365daysofbiking Station to station: Left baggage”
Tag: New Street
#365daysofbiking Dead quiet
March 18th – Every day the streets are a little bit more dead. People are wary of each other. Public transport is emptier and emptier as worried… Read more “#365daysofbiking Dead quiet”
#365daysofbiking – The ends of the day, beginning
February 12th – Really getting back into the swing now, but tiredness is a big issue, it has to be said. Up at stupid o’clock to get… Read more “#365daysofbiking – The ends of the day, beginning”
#365daysofbiking Trapped in my steelwork
January 13th – Spring ended with a bump. Leaving a meeting in Birmingham late afternoon it was wet, windy and cold. On a deserted platform at New… Read more “#365daysofbiking Trapped in my steelwork”
#365daysofbiking Ain’t that grand
December 19th – Grand Central has always been a piss-poor, cliched name for an overblown shopping mall. But I do wonder if America is littered with similar… Read more “#365daysofbiking Ain’t that grand”
#365daysofbiking Festive colour
December 6th – Every year I swear will be my last visit to Birmingham’s annual Frankfurt German Market. After catching an almost identical one in Leeds in… Read more “#365daysofbiking Festive colour”
#365daysofbiking All kinds of wrong
November 28th – For once, the trains weren’t too bad. It was, of course, still a rain-sodden day and I was tired and wanting to be home.… Read more “#365daysofbiking All kinds of wrong”
#365daysofbiking Train in vain
November 12th – A terrible day commuting to and from a job in Birmingham. It was wet, cold and the trains were very, very broken. Waiting more… Read more “#365daysofbiking Train in vain”
#365daysofbiking Subterranean sunny station blue
March 28th – Always nice to get a glimpse of blue, sunny sky from the dark platforms at New Street Station in Birmingham. Today I was waiting… Read more “#365daysofbiking Subterranean sunny station blue”
#365daysofbiking Oddly empty
February 5th – Passing through Birmingham New Street Station on my way home, it was rush hour and the place was rammed, as usual. Being a cyclist,… Read more “#365daysofbiking Oddly empty”