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Catching up – what’s new on BrownhillsBob’s Panoramio gallery
I’ve not been as diligent at uploading Panoramio stuff recently as I should have been – sorry about that. Yesterday I added 34 new pictures, and there have been some orphaned uploads since I started...
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Autumn almanac
Posted in Environment, Fun stuff to see and do, Local media, Panoramio photo discussions, Panoramio updates, Shared media, Wildlife Tagged: Autumn, Cannock Chase, Canwell, Chasewater, Cycle rides,...
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Another bunch of idiots
More illegal motorbike use – this time, somewhat unusually, on a Sunday afternoon in one of the busiest bits of Cannock Chase. These particular muppets came off a forest track from the Birches Valley...
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Sat on their arse in their four-wheel drive
I’m angry. Very angry indeed. Regular readers won’t find my displeasure over many of the actions of the coalition government at all surprising. Having been in power for less than twelve months, without...
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Sunshine on a rainy day
This afternoon, I cut loose and headed for Cannock Chase. The weather wasn’t great and I felt quite down; however, after a heavy downpour as I came through Hednesford and Penkridge Bank, the most...
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Bike Week: Bike Shop Fun Day (via ChaseWaterCycle Blog)
I’ve just noticed that great local bike experts ChaseWaterCycle are having a fun day tomorrow. So, if you’re in town for the Canal Festival, why not top the day off by popping up to a great local bike...
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When darkness loomed
While looking for interesting stuff for the weekly pictures from the past feature, I happened upon a wonderful selection of pictures taken in or around Cannock Chase during either the Great War or...
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Chase my blues away
After the dismal depression of last weekend, which I always consider to be the end of summer, today worked hard to convince me otherwise. After sneaking out for an early breakfast, I enjoyed a spin...
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The lost and found
Enjoying the unseasonal weather yesterday, I took another spin around Brocton Field on Cannock Chase before heading out to Blithfield Reservoir. I’ve been idly looking for an oddly English monument for...
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Into the valley
Posted over on my 365daysofbiking Tumblr journal, quite fond of this video, taken on and around Cannock Chase (my favourite Abraham’s Valley in particular) on Boxing Day. It’s take on a GoPro HD Hero...
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Anyone know anything about these Cannock Chase offroaders?
Abraham’s Valley, Cannock Chase. 3:50pm, Saturday, 7th January 2012. I’m sure there must be a perfectly innocent explanation for this. Two vehicles, driving off-road, up Abraham’s Valley on the Chase...
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Driven like the snow
Today, we finally had some real winter weather. After the unseasonal warmth of Christmas, these last few cold, frosty, clear days have been a breath of fresh air for me. Yesterday, I watched the...
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Cervine suggestion
Today, we went up on Cannock Chase again, and I make no apologies for another feature on the deer. These lovely ladies were a smaller subset of the herd from last week, but on this occasion, they were...
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Enchanting forest
Well, I made it. Yesterday, I cycled up onto Cannock Chase. Starting from Brownhills, I headed up to Chasewater - which was stunning - and on through Heath Hayes and Hednesford, up to Rifle Range...
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Gorgeous curves
Here's a bit of a request stop. A few weeks ago there was a very positive response to my digitally contouring of an Ordnance Survey map in the analysis of the Watford Gap area near Sutton Coldfield. I...
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Into White
It's taken me a couple of weeks to edit this up due to being somewhat busy with other stuff, but it's not worked out so bad. A ride from near Maquis Drive, on Cannock Chase, up over Rifle Range Corner,...
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Tearing up the forest
Here's a video I'm posting specifically for Rob Floders, who I know enjoys my cycle videos - Rob's having a really tough time at the moment, and although I know a daft video can't make anything better,...
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Coming down from above
Yesterday, on a borrowed mountain bike I headed out to Brocton Fied on Cannock Chase, and starting near the Glacial Boulder and trig point, I threw myself and the bike down into Sherbrook Valley, then...
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Back down the old Kit Bag
I had fun over Cannock Chase yesterday, exploring the area around Wolseley Plain and the old quarries near Bevin's Birches - while there, I also cycled down Kitbag Hill, the sharp semi-road incline...
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The last big weekend of the summer
It's been another heat bank holiday weekend, and I got to cycling over the Chase and through East Staffordshire - too many pictures for 365days, so I thought I'd do a gallery.[caption...
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Chasing the rainbow
I'm still, after several decades, exploring Cannock Chase - since getting wonderfully lost around the quarries near Bevin's Birches last week, I've developed a thirst for spots I've not been before....
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Cannock Chase Messines Model on Countryfile
The first world war model of Messines, it's history and recent archeological dig have been the talk of Staffordshire for a while, and tonight formed the basis for a great article on the BBC program...
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Sweet James
That there Clive Roberts - documenter of the history of the Shire Oak Inn and collector of local postcards - has been at it again He's picked up another postcard of Brownhills at a fair, and mailed me...
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Our hidden heritage – and how to save it
Sandfields Pumping Station champion and public historian extraordinaire Dave Moore has been in touch with a last minute tipoff of a free talk tomorrow afternoon (Wednesday, 21st May 2014) at The Museum...
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Dropping off the edge
Here's one for Trevor in Aus and all the folks who enjoy the ride cams. I've been meaning to do this one all week, and today's postings fell victim to the festivities, so this is as good a chance as...
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Our greenspaces are not for sale!
In the last couple of days there's been a degree of what can only be described as panic locally and on social media about the future of Cannock Chase, Chasewater and other Staffordshire Country Parks....
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A mine of information
In my last article, I pointed out that I'd received extra information on a couple of posts over the weekend - both on the Anglesey/sea question, and also on the Mine Rescue Team image shared by John...
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