April 21st – interesting fixie in Birmingham city centre. I locked my bike up in High Street, and it was in the stand next to me. Interesting conversion as both gear levers and the front mech are still present. It’s obviously a well loved, well used urban bike.
Apil 20th – continuing my ride home, I took a spin down Lower Avenue, near Brewood. This overgrown wooded approach to Chillington Hall is charming and secluded. Where it crosses the Shropshire Union Canal, it does so by means of a gorgeous bridge. I first came hear 27 years ago, and the ride has lost none of it’s charm in that time.
April 20th – I don’t ride out in this directions much – getting through Great Wyrley is such a pain – but there are some delightful villages and I really should make the effort more. Tong has an absolutely gorgeous church.
April 20th – Early meeting in Telford, left work about 12:30pm. Nice day so I decided to cycle home… 35 mile journey taking in Shifnal, Bishops Wood, Brewood, Four Ashes and Great Wyrley. I stopped for lunch at Shifnal at an excellent cafe, and watched the sunny world go by.
April 19th – at the other end of the day, the desire to just ride continued. St. John’s Hill in Shenstone has now formed it’s usual summer green canopy. It’s like being in a leafy, cool, bright green tunnel. Gorgeous.
April 19th – Another early start. Here at Bosses, between Lower Stonnall and Little Aston, the early mist was still present. Thin, softening the light, beautiful. For the second day running I wished I could just ride instead of going to work.
April 18th – I risked missing the train to take this photo on Lynn Lane. Only 3 or 4 minutes later, the light was taking on a golden, hazy quality. How I wished I was heading off on a dayride rather than off to work…
April 18th – Early start, heading to Telford on the early train. The mist was just beginning to burn off in the weak sun as I passed Sandhills pumping station.
April 17th – wonderful to see the swans are nesting again on the canal by Lanes Farm. They used to nest in the reeds at the winding hole further down, but in the last couple of years, they’ve gradually moved closer to the mill. Whether this will yield a brood this year or be another dry run, it remains to be seen, but it would be nice to see a full compliment of cygnets this year.
April 17th – Today, I explored a lot at Chasewater. After I’d done the Classic Transport Show, I mooched over to the building works. I was quite sad to see that the new culvert in the causeway doesn’t replace the old metal bridge over the creek. 5 million quid in works, and that old dangerous bottleneck will apparently remain. Wonderful. Not.
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