Yesterday was a lazy day. In the afternoon, I went into Birmingham, grabbing a few photos on the way. I nipped into a well known newsagents to pick up a magazine and seeing the queue for the tills, decided to utilise the self service checkouts. I scanned my copy of Amateur Photographer (AP) and nothing…

Well it’s Saturday night and what shall we do? Unfortunately for Sue, she had to go to work – not in Moseley but a bit further afield. I took the opportunity to walk from somewhere new and drove the other half to West Heath, near Rednal, south of Birmingham – luckily this was where she…

A few laps at work on each of the last few days was all I’d managed on the walking front, this week. During these circuits, I did experience a bit of pain in my right knee which got steadily worse but then eased off after a couple of miles. Something to keep an eye on…

After a few days off it was back to work on Friday, to do three day shifts followed by three nights. At work, I managed 4 miles on Friday and another 5 on Saturday. During my Saturday circuits, I did a little experiment. The first 2 miles I did walking clockwise. With my GPS watch…

Right Turn Sue had a, work related, meeting near Kings Norton, Birmingham, in a district called Walker’s Heath – very apt I thought. I drove Sue to her meeting and leaving her the car for the return trip, I made my way to the canal at Kings Norton where I took the Stratford-upon-Avon canal. A…