Coleshill & Gilson

Not feeling on top of the world so a nice easy stroll was the order of the day. A steady walk towards Chelmsley Wood was taken before ducking under the Collector Road via an underpass. From the tunnel a short path brought me to the side of the River Cole which I crossed via stepping…

Llamas and Lightning

Monday evenings are becoming family walk night with recent outings to Shustoke and Kingsbury Water Park. With a limited cast of four, today saw us return to Shustoke reservoir. After parking the car in the reservoir’s parking area (and paying our quid) we walked out of the site and after a short walk back along…

Parkrun

With a long walk tomorrow, today’s walking would have to be a short. Being a Saturday, part of that would be a parkrun, in this case, Sutton Park. I had a bit of a lie in leaving home around eight and rolling up at Banners Gate car park around 08:20. I decided on a mile…

Church End

With Sunday’s A Coventry Way looming, I’ve reshuffled by schedule for the rest of the week. I’ve moved my longish mid-week walk to today and have arranged with the other half to meet me at The Griffin at seven. After work, I caught the 97 bus to Chelmsley Wood and started my walk from there….

Birchfield Harriers

During a bout of internet surfing, I discovered that Birchfield Harriers have a race walking section. I emailed the club saying that I was interested and was told to pop in on a Tuesday or Thursday. So after work, I fought the traffic through Newtown and Perry Bar. The journey didn’t take quite as long…