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04/15/2011
Lost Houses of England - Park Hall - Shropshire - Elizabethan Manor Destroyed by Fire in 1918
#365daysofbiking An unexpected flash of orange:
August 21st - Returning from Birmingham, the train unexpectedly terminated at Tame Bridge due to a line fault or something, maybe the elastic band snapped.
I couldn’t be bothered with the ride home up through Walsall so hopped on the Tame Valley Canal and then home via Rushall Junction, Park Hall and Aldridge.
Passing through a nondescript bit of towpath near the Birmingham Road, a flash of bright, vivid orange caught my eye.
A gorgeous par of feral marigolds, just trying to make me happy.
They succeeded in their aim.
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July 4th - The odd things you see on the canals by chance: Under a bridge in Park Hall, Walsall, Lakshmi, the Hindu goddess of wealth and good fortune, not on the towpath side but on the bumper ledge.
I wonder what her story is?
Park Hall visitor centre set to reopen
Park Hall visitor centre set to reopen
Stoke-on-Trent City Council have announced the Park Hall visitor centre will be reopening soon, with Staffordshire Wildlife Trust taking on the much-loved beauty spot. Since the visitor centre was destroyed in an arson attack, the City Council have funded and rebuilt the area. Which comes complete with toilets, CCTV, power supply and community rooms. With the Covid-19 pandemic, work has been…
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#365daysofbiking Dem feet tho:
July 5th - Riding through Aldridge on the canal down through Longwood and Park Hall, the water life was busy and the canal limpid and green.
What interested me most were the water birds: I was once again reminded how very odd swan feet are - by a cygnet in this case - it’s foot tucked up on it’s back in rest position. They odd leathery texture - and those claws!
There was a gorgeously aloof, elderly heron too - who was active and looked in good health, except when he walked off I noticed a curious growth on his foot.
It wasn’t affecting his walk at all and he didn’t seem to bother him at all. I found myself wondering if it was some kind of ganglion like humans get.
Strange.
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December 28th - Where the cycle route NCN 5 leaves the canal at Yew Tree, just north of Rushall Junction, the path is dark and unlit - so a solution has been found.
There are little white LED solar cats eyes marking the centre of the trail in the darkness. They’re really effective.
What a clever idea...
Park Hall, Bixter Shetland.