February 25th – On the cycleway at Telford, the blossom I spotted last week was now fully out, and absolutely gorgeous.
Remember, it’s still just February. This is astounding.
I’m told its cherry plum. It’s absolutely stunning.
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February 22nd – I just new the sunset was going to be good – so with an errand to run in Chasetown, I hopped up to Chasewater, the better to catch it.
I wasn’t disappointed.
I love the deep blue skies we get at dusk at this time of year, and catching the golden light over the dam was a real treat.
This early spring is really refreshing this year. I hope it doesn’t;t come to an abrupt end…
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February 10th – A real four seasons in one day experience, with rain, snow, hail and bright warm sunshine that made for a great afternoon at Chasewater. From the snowdrop glade near the derelict dam house to the view over the fields from the canal to Hammerwich, they day was just bursting with spring.
The water level is rising fast now too, with Fly Creek and the feed from Jeffrey’s swag now enlarged by recent rains.
This spring thing. It’s happening. And most welcome it is too.
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February 8th – I was in Walsall for a meeting, early evening.
In that weird interregnum between day and night, today the sky turned a remarkable, beautiful blue.
It’s been a while since I’ve actually been to Walsall town centre, rather than merely passing through. I expected it to be awful, and haunted by better memories.
It wasn’t, it was OK.
The only thing blue this evening was the sky. Perhaps my battle with my lost youth has been won.
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February 3rd – I noted last week that I was entering the season of the commute sunset, and I wasn’t wrong. This spectacular one greeted me as I returned to Telford station this evening.
It’s so good to be setting home in the light once more. Finally it feels like spring might be not so far away.
Bring it on.
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January 30th – I came back to Shenstone to a glass hard dusk: It was well past 5pm and the light hadn’t yet drained away leaving the sky to the west a beautiful deep blue.
It’s so good to see the lengthening day – soon sunset will be well past 5pm – and this means I’ll be entering the season of the commute sunset, which I always enjoy.
It the mean time, Shenstone again reminded me of what a wonderful place it is to come back to.
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January 15th – Long exposure photos continue to fascinate me, and at Catshill Junction the night sky looked a gorgeous, reflected-sodium oranger in these 30 second images taken by popping the camera on timer and sitting it on the bridge rail.
This is a classic and favourite local view of mine but I never tire of photographing it.
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December 29th – Also a view from a bridge, but a very underrated one; Down the Lichfield Road toward Walsall, in the same sleepwalk half-light. Busier looking, even when not; the mixture of traffic, streetlights, factory floodlights and sky is magical and it’s a joy to view.
One of the best bits of going up The Wood…
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#365daysifbiking Bridge to my heart:
December 29th – Still busy doing other things (bike maintenance, mainly) I had to nip up Walsall Wood to Screwfix in that magical interregnum between the sun setting and it not being fully dark.
Bullings Heath on the flank of thelack Cock Bridge looked superb, as did Hollanders Bridge.
I love the quiet, sleepy feel of the days between Christmas and new year; like the world world is snoozing off its lunch.
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#365daysofbiking Golden:
October 18th – A lovely still evening, again with a beautiful sky it was a joy to cycle home in. At Stonnall, the last dying light over Sandhills was precious and suffused with gold.
I’d better make the most of it as the clocks go back in a week’s time, and that’ll end my sunset commutes for another year…
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