Today, I took a 70 mile ride around the canals of North Walsall, Wolverhampton, South Staffordshire, Stourbridge, Dudley, Oldbury, Birmingham and east Walsall. I entered the canal system at Goscote, in Walsall, and didn’t leave it again until Aldridge, some 65 miles later. What I found was a wonderfully peaceful world of limpid water, greenery and a huge amount of wildlife. There was beauty in unexpected places. I traversed the Netherton Tunnel, and came through the inner city as well as rolling countryside.
Detail of my route in a future post.
A great day with fine weather. For more of this sort of stuff, please check out my 365daysofbiking journal.
The Glass Cone
Wednesfield
Hamstead in the golden hour
Dunstall
Bumble Hole
Oldbury, Tat Bank: several graffiti drawings on monkeys on penny farthings. OK.
Lupins under Spaghetti Junction
Bumble Hole: Cobbs engine house
Wolverhampton locks
Baptist End
Wordsley
Aldersley Junction
I saw at least ten of these fine birds today
Such riotous beauty in such an unexpected place
Entering Wolverhampton
Swindon
Rushall Juntion looking to Wednesbury down the Tame Valley
Obligatory heron
The Meccano bridge
Not sure what this is but it’s gorgeous
Boater dawg
Merry Hill
Orton
Freeth Bridge, Tower Hill, Hamstead
Stourton Junction
Nine locks