Saturday, 27 February 2016

Grey day on the water

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The causeway over Blithfield Reservoir is as bleak a place as you'll find on a squally, rainy-damp day like today. Somehow water is th...
Wednesday, 24 February 2016

Veolia grass up top

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Yes, look again - here we have a "living roof", with a stretch composed of grass, mosses and flowers. This growth is all delibe...
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Sunday, 21 February 2016

Gertie Gitana's bench

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I was in Edinburgh recently. The city's main thoroughfare is Princes Street, which is wide enough to have benches all along one side ...
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Thursday, 18 February 2016

Underwater path

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The constant rains of the last months have caused flooding even in our relatively weather-untroubled county of Staffordshire. Here at the...
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Monday, 15 February 2016

Lapley's 'castle'

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The castellated Park House, in the nice posh village of Lapley , would certainly be a dream place to live (I'd guess!). As you walk r...
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Thursday, 11 February 2016

SSR bridge - in brown & yellow

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The South Staffordshire Railway Walk is a footpath that makes use of the now disused SSR line, but you can walk beneath its bridges of ...
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Monday, 8 February 2016

Essex Bridge, for a Queen

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Built for Queen Elizabeth I nearly five centuries ago, this little stone bridge, the ' Essex Bridge ', crosses the River Trent ...
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Friday, 5 February 2016

Deadman in cemetery

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I'm afraid I'm one of those who find cemeteries, especially older ones, endlessly entertaining. Where else could one's sens...
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Tuesday, 2 February 2016

Werburgh, a home-grown saint

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It's the feast-day of Saint Werburgh on February 3rd, so spare a thought for her this week.  She is one of Staffordshire's own ...
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Friday, 29 January 2016

Enigmatic pediment

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There is no indication on this building, in Uttoxeter’s main square, Market Place, as to who once owned it in times past. There are almo...
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