I grabbed a lift to the north of Wolverhampton for today’s walk. I had decided to walk from Tettenhall, along a disused railway to Woodside near Dudley – a walk of around 11 miles. The first part of the walk follows the South Staffordshire Railway Walk as far as Pensnett, where a footpath meanders past…

I had 6 miles to run today and being a Sunday (Griffin Inn day) I chose to run to the pub, meeting up with my other half for a lift home. I walked about half a mile as a warmup then started running from Water Orton. I tried to keep a steady 11 minute mile…

Up in time to grab a light breakfast and drive out to Kingsbury Waterpark. I drove up to the carpark barrier, flashed my parkrun barcode and expected to be let in. “That’ll be £2”“What?”“Haven’t you been before?”“It’s been a while”“We have to charge a couple of quid to cover some of the car park charges!”“Fair…

W to W – That’ll be Walsall to Wolverhampton. I caught the train to Walsall Station and was surprised to see this on arrival … … The Duchess of Sutherland, a Coronation Class 4-6-2 Pacific locomotive, built in 1938. Now I wasn’t expecting that ! A short walk from the station, had me on the…

Made my way into work via the Birmingham & Fazeley Canal. I walked as far as Jarvis Way (just after going under the warehouse) before continuing with a Run / Walk trot into work ( 3 min Run / 2 min Walk ). Feeling good – getting into the swing