Just a quickie today. I had arranged to meet the other half in Moseley a little later so only had time for a short walk. I planned on catching the bus to Moseley so devised a route from work to a number 50 bus stop – in this case, Moseley Road. My mini-route started along…

Nothing too exciting, today. I finished work around 5 and took a circuitous route through Digbeth, ending up on Bradford Street where I caught the bus out to Moseley to meet the wife from work. Walking along Bromley Street, I spied this excellent piece of monochromatic graffiti… From Bromely Street, I turned into Gibb Street….

Another walk from work, again to meet the other half from work in Moseley. Today’s stroll took me along Adderley Street passing the Birmingham Crest adorning one of the entrances of the Birmingham Corporation Tramway and Omnibus Department. At it’s peak, in the 1950’s, the corporation employed  9,000 people to run it’s trams, busses and…

Birmingham (and much of the rest of the country) had had a lot of rain today, so much so that a number of roads around the city became impassable. Come ‘rush-hour’ the city ground to a standstill. I had planned on a short walk into the city centre form work from where I would catch…

Today’s post-work walk started on the Digbeth Branch of the Grand Union Canal including a short excursion up the main arm back towards Garrison Lane before an about turn just in time to see a narrow boat pass through Bordesley Junction. I left the Grand Union at Small Heath Bridge making my way, along Henley…