My car is getting really old – so old that it need’s an MOT. Being on a 13 plate this was it’s first MOT and I’d booked it into the garage for 8am. I arrived a little early but at 8, the doors opened and after dropping off the key etc. I was heading for…

I’ve been meaning to walk from Worcester to Birmingham (30 miles) for some time but set my sights a little lower, today, and decided on walking the latter half, namely from Bromsgrove to Brum (15 miles). I caught the bus into Birmingham then caught the train from New Street out to Bromsgrove, arriving just after…

On a stint of nights. Left for work a bit early and parked up in Hockley Heath for a walk along the canal before work. Now this stretch of the Stratford-upon-Avan canal is quiet familiar but only at night. Today, for a change, I had an hour and a half of daylight to get to…

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…