I awoke on Christmas Day to discover that Santa had been, so I must have been a good boy. Before the rest of the household were up, I nipped out for a few miles to blow away the Crimbo cobwebs. I crossed over the oddly deserted M6 to Water Orton clocking up a nifty 3.3…

Rushing headlong into Christmas, I had to spend all my free time on finishing a little project I’d started a couple of months ago. Sometime ago, I picked up a partly completed model train layout which I intended to finish for one of my train mad grandsons. I had the track laid, all the buildings…

Similarly to last week or so ago, I was able to leave for work a little early and grab a walk en route. I parked up in Hockley Heath for a walk along the Stratford Canal towards Kingswood. The sky was clear with a nearly full moon. Even though the moon was still waxing, it…

Still feeling rather coldy, I was back at work on Friday, working a day shift (0700 – 1900.) Towards the end of the shift it was time for my circuits and I completed 16 laps or 4 miles. Saturday was much the same but with a few more laps (20 laps – 5 Miles). Sunday,…

Sue had a meeting in Sutton Coldfield and I’d agreed to drop her off and pick her up a few hours later. This left me in Sutton with time to spare. Sutton Coldfield, home of Sutton Park – what could I do to kill a couple of hours? After depositing the wife, I drove to…