Another day, another great ride. Today I headed out early afternoon, firstly to Chasewater then on to Lichfield and the festival market. From the busy city, I headed to the quiet of the east Staffordshire countryside – Whittington, Croxall, Walton, Rosliston, Lullington, Harlaston and back via Wall.
A fine ride in very hot weather, about 45 miles. It was still, and the air hazy. I make no apologies for sharing a second set of ride images this weekend – it’s glorious out there, and I know many of the readers love these.
The poppies at Pipe Hill are joyous. Do go check them out if you can.
For more of this stuff, please check out my 365daysofbiking journal…
Pepperpot Cottage, Cat Holme
Overlooking Leomansley
Walton Church
Wakeboarding looks tremendous fun
In amongst all the red poppies, there are a handful of these, which I guess must be a genetic aberration
Lullington
Pipe Hill poppies
Lullington Village Hall
Overlooking Clifton from Lullington
Pipe Hill poppies
Pipe Hill poppies
The Wakelake wake boarding facility at Chasewater seems popular
Meccano Bridge, Walton
A millpond-still Trent, at Walton
Roddige airstrip
Rosliston
Solar panels at Hademore
Harlaston
Whoops.
Roddige airstrip
Pipe Hill poppies, overlooking Maple Hayes
Lichfield Festival
Lichfield Festival pig
Lichfield Festival
So near, yet so far away.
RSS - Posts
Shouldn’t that pig be on the wall?
I hope anyone catching the joyous poppies at Pipe Hill manage to park their vehicles more sensibly than some of the idiots who were there last week.
There you go, light and shade. We all win.
Most of us enjoy the poppies, and Rob gets something new to grumble about.
Summer is good for everyone.
Cheers
Bob
There’s no problem “enjoying” poppies or anything else sensibly.
If it increases the risk of traffic accidents I’d have thought that was worth a mention.
I only drive through there about twenty times a week so obviously know nothing.
As for summer being good for everyone:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-23217211
Sure it is.
My case rests 😉
Cheers
Bob
Perhaps it’s tired?
Hi Bob
I think I must be physic,returning from Lichfield yesterday afternoon I spotted the poppy field on the way back too Cannock and said to my wife it Bob spots that it will appear on his blog.
And lo and behold there it was.Got to close now sort my lottery numbers out
Cheers
Bill
I went in the week to West Heath, on Flanders field the poppies blow…
http://static.panoramio.com/photos/original/37361982.jpg
Hi Bob
I enjoyed the glorious sight of these poppies this morning as I drove past. Are they grown to manure the field or as a crop, or as setaside? However, they did bring memories of my visits to Flanders and the silent battlefields, but I was still able to keep my mind on my driving around this fast new traffic island. Thanks for the article and for taking time to take these photos for us all to appreciate and enjoy.
regards
David