Today, I headed up onto Cannock Chase. I love the forest in winter, and on icy days like today, it’s almost deserted. A few walkers and a handful of nervous mountain bikers were all I saw. This area is beautiful whatever the weather, and sometimes caches you in unexpected places.
Adult red deer stag, on former spoil heap near Five Ways, Heath Hayes. 1:04pm, Sunday 5th December 2010.
Cycling carefully up the Sherbrook Valley, Cannock Chase. Told by mountain bikers 'Christ, you're a bit hardcore' - I ride a cross bike. No, just got ice tyres. 2:36pm, Sunday, 5th December 2010.
The sun was fighting to make an appearance at Seven Springs, but the cloud just won. 2:56pm, Sunday, 5th December 2010.
Heading up Abraham's Valley - beautiful, as ever. Logging is in progress here, hope they leave the pines near the valley road. They're beautiful in autumn, and wonderfully aromatic in spring. 3:14pm, Sunday, 5th December 2010.