Finding Beauty in the Slush: A Snowy Morning at Chasewater Nature Reserve
Experience the quiet magic of a snowy morning at Chasewater Nature Reserve Join me for a winter walk exploring familiar paths, misty views & hidden secrets.
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Taking Photos With Broken Zoom Lens – Panasonic 12-32mm MFT
Testing with my broken Panasonic 12-32mm lens that I dropped and it, even though its damaged got interesting images, inc video shoewing photos
My Walk Around Brownhills Canal Festival – August 2024
The 3rd weekend in August every year is the Brownhills Canal Festival, This year it is between the 17th –…
My Visit to Pelsall Carnival 2024 & Watch PARADE
Pelsall carnival is a yearly event normally the first weekend in July. I normally just go to the carboot that…
Why Photography Can Help With Your Mental Health (Depression & Anxiety)
Personal experiance on how photography helps with your mental health & even getting out in nature
Stealth Car Camping at Kingsbury Just to visit Carboot Inc Sunset & Sunrise Photo Walk
One of the things I like to do is visit car boot when I can , There are a few…
Unusual Glass Ball Photography at Stowe Pool, Lichfield using Panasonic G80
I Like the more usual photography and the one thing I wanted to try out was the glass ball /…
Blithfield Reservoir STEALTH CAR CAMPING & Visit to Croxden Abbey
At last the First trip out in the camper for 2023 as this is just a test run it was…
Brick Wonders Exhibition at Wolverhampton
Recent visit to the touring exhibition of Warren Elsmore’s Brick Wonders, over 70 Lego models on display from small models to full scenes at Wolverhampton Art Gallery
Autumn Walk Along The Wyrley and Essington Canal
Had bit of time on Friday morning as was waiting for computer to finish scans before taking back to customer…
Quick Walk Around Hayhead Wood Nature Reserve – Aldridge
We decided to take the dog for a walk around Hayhead Wood nature reserve in Aldridge. The nature reserve is off the A454 Aldridge Road and is set in 17 acres. The reserve has a mixture of woodland, wetland and grassland habitats. The now nature’s reserve was originally part of the hay head work which mined limestone,
History Of My Christmas House Lights
First thing I have got to say that I’m one of these people that do the house up with Christmas…
The Important Role Of Local Charity’s
I must say first this is hardest article I have had to write for my website as this is very…
Chase Auto Repairs – Brownhills
Normally I don’t do reviews of local businesses, but with Chase Auto Repairs I thought they need a quick mention.…
Upcoming Local Family Events
Here is just a quick list of some upcoming events in the Walsall, West Midlands and Burntwood / Lichfield, South…
Wall Roman Site (Letocetum)
A few months ago we visited the Wall Roman site (Letocetum) just off the A5 Watling Street, Staffordshire. Now I…
First Time Ice Skating At Silverblades
The other weekend we went ice skating for the stepdaughters birthday which there was eight kids iceskating, we went to…
Chasewater Jan 2014
Its hard to believe that it is 4 years since Chasewater reservoir started to be emptied, see my previous posts…
First Time Doing Geocaching
Recently the missus discovered geo-caching. The basics of geo-caching is were you explore different places using your smartphone or GPS…
Traffic Accident by Brownhills School
Quick post about road safety outside schools, as this Tuesday 19th November two girls were slightly injured by crossing the…
Castle ring
We live pretty close to castle ring so we do enjoy walking round there and there is also a very…
WHG Family Trips
Walsall housing group are offering to WHG (walsall Housing group) residents day trips for familys, the details for August are…
Hussey Arms pub, Brownhills
Yesterday was my birthday 9th august so we went out for a meal with the kids, we decided on the…
Walsall Night Market
Just a quick post about the Walsall Night market that was on tonight 25th July between 5pm – 9pm, we…
Burntwood Wakes 2013 festival
This weekend is the annual Burntwood wakes festival, which was on Friday 19th July with tribute band including Tony barrat,…
Brownhills Methodist Church Christmas Trees
Just a very quick post about the reminder of the Brownhills Methodist Church Christmas tree festival, the ceremony is on Thursday 6th that starts at…
Holland Park Bonfire & Fireworks Brownhills
There is the annual bonfire and fireworks display at holland park brownhills, Walsall, on the parade just by the park…
Bantock Park and Museum
Today we visited Bantock Park and Museum which is just about 1 mile out of Wolverhampton City Centre. Bantock House…
Beacon Park Events (Bug & Pond Dipping)
just a quick post about some of the events going on in Beacon Park, Lichfield over the 2012 kids summer…
Pelsall Carnival 2012
We went today to the annual Pelsall Carnival, we arrived a bit later than we would normal at about…
Wolseley Nature Centre
We recently went to the Wolseley Centre which is just outside of Rugeley town centre on the A51, it is…
Burntwood Lantern Parade 2011
Just a quick post about the Burntwood Lantern parade on Saturday 10th December, The Lantern parade is organised by Forward…
Brownhills Methodist Church Xmas Tree Festival
Just a quick post about the Brownhills Methodist Church Christmas tree festival, which is open Friday 9th and Saturday 10th December 2011 between 9am…
Rodbaston Animal Zone
We recently went to Rodbaston Animal Zone in the summer holidays the centre is within the grounds of South Staffordshire…
Sandwell Valley Park & Farm
We went to Sandwell valley country park the other day, I have been here before but that was a few…
Lichfield Cars in The Park 2011
We went to the annual Lichfield cars in the park on Sunday 3rd July 2011, the car show was in…
Pelsall Carnival 2011
We went to Pelsall Carnival, market & fair on Saturday 2nd July, We didn’t get there until after 11am parking…
Lichfield Bower 2011
Just a quick post about the Lichfield Bower 2011, the bower was on Bank holiday Monday 30th May, this is…
Chasewater Vintage & Classic Transport Show 2011
On Sunday the 17th April 2011 was the third annual vintage & classic car show at chasewater country park, the…
Walsall Illuminations the end of a era
As most people will know the Walsall Illuminations in the town centre’s Arboretum has been cancelled for good. On Thursday 3rd March…
Chasewater Feb 2011 1 year Into Work
It has now been just over a year since the valves were opened to start emptying Chasewater reservoir, I wrote…
Christmas Tree Festival – Brownhills Methodist Church
Just a very quick post, tonight I went to the switch on of the chistmas tree lights at the brownhills…
Birmingham Museum, Art Gallery & Thinktank
We visited the Birmingham Museum and art gallery aswell as the Thinktank a few weeks ago , so thought I…
Gritting Routes Central Midlands
Just heard about this website on BBC local radio this morning so thought I would share it, and with the…
Fuzzbox At Birmingham Artsfest
I went to see Fuzzbox doing a set at the Birmingham artsfest today, Birmingham artsfest was all different events around…
Drayton Manor Theme Park
We had a day out at Drayton manor theme park on Friday 27th August, so here is a bit about…
Walsall Town Show 2010
We visited the Walsall town show on Sunday 15th August which was held at the Walsall Arboretum. The price of entry…
Tamworth Castle
We had a visit to Tamworth castle a few weeks ago, the entrance price was £5 For adults and £3…
Beacon Park Lichfield & Burntwood Tip Info
Beacon Park Restoration. On visit to beacon park in Lichfield this week I noticed the kids play area is still…
Warwick Castle Visit
We all had a nice day out at Warwick Castle the other day, so here is my view on the…