August 15th – If you’ve lost a lion, he’s just behind the wall that separates The Sidings from the A460 Rugeley Road at Hednesford. He didn’t seem aggressive, but I kept my distance, just in case.
Tag: silly
August 7th – Perry Barr, where even the local cat population displays attitude. Never had a cat bob its tongue out at me before, the cheeky little devil…
July 5th – I keep passing this graffiti on the canal side at Wolverhampton. I don’t know what they were thinking, or why. For some reason, it always makes me smile.
July 5th – A glorious, sunny and hot exploration of Ironbridge, followed by a wonderful ride home.
How, exactly, does one raise a pork pie? Is it like raising kids?
It’s right what they say about road cyclists eating pies, then… nice bike, though.
June 15th – Yesterday, a local tweeter spotted something amusing outside our local newsagents in Brownhills. I posted it on my main blog. Passing this afternoon, I took stock myself. The original was still there, as well as these other three. Only one is spelled correctly. It’s been claimed that this is a joke. Is it? Marketing ploy? Not working for me.
I have no idea what’s going on here at all. It takes all sorts, I suppose…
June 1st – Passing this house in Cannock Wood, between Gentleshaw and Castle Ring always makes me smile. That chimney has had that wonderful asyntotic curve to it for as long as I can remember. I often wonder if it became like that, or distorted as it was being built. An odd little curiosity.
May 27th – I spotted these lambs chasing each other and larking around on the canal between Colwich and Rugeley. Nothing was chasing them, and they seemed to be enjoying the game. I had no idea sheep did this and have never seen it before.
I do like the dark one with the white tail and back feet…
May 20th – A small result. The bike racks at Birmingham New Street Station – relocated to a dark corner on the the opening of the new concourse – were formerly only bolted to the ground and could easily be disassembled by thieves to steal users steeds. I noticed this morning that the ordinary nuts securing the Sheffield frames had been replaced with shear nuts, which are nigh-on impossible to remove. For added security, they’ve been bonded on with thread lock adhesive. This makes them much more secure.
I hope Network Rail have learned something from the bad publicity here. It ain’t rocket science really, is it?
May 7th – On the subject of other people’s bikes, just when did children’s trikes evolve into bonkers apparatus like this? It requires a HGV license to push, I’ll bet.
These things seem to be following the same trajectory as baby buggies; once a small thing born of convenience and fun, they’re now hugely complicated pieces of kit that don’t seem to fit anywhere easily.
Evolution, in reverse.
May 5th – Some wag has named the infamous junction in Little Hay. I get the joke. So many near misses at this vicious blind junction, all you can do is pray.
I love the British sense of humour.
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