Walker's Heath Park

I only found out about this rather nice bit of greenery thanks to Google Maps.

It looked like a rather nice walk, so off I went, one warm September morning after dropping the kids off at school.

The park itself is peaceful, and large enough that you can lose the sounds of the city. It compares well to the nearby Kings Norton Park and completely devoid of skateboarding kids, which is a great bonus.

The park borders farmland, where I met a fox doing it's morning rounds. Sadly, I wasn't quick enough to get a pic of it. Maybe next time.

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Priory Square, Birmingham

There used to be market stalls here, selling various naff bits of chav-wear, undies and unpopular electrical goods.

Priory Square is being renovated, however, and although the shops around the edge will remain, the market had to go.

To me, it looks better without all the stalls. From this angle, I think it looks a bit like some quiet georgian railway station...

Opening volley

This is my phone. The excellent Xda Zest. It used to have an O2 sim in it, but I soon swapped that out in favour of the sim card that came with my Vodafone Mobile dongle... Hey presto, 3gb bandwidth per month for £15. Better than the 200mb you get with the £7.50 bolt-on on top of the £10-15 O2 expects per month.

But enough of that...A while ago, I decided to pay visits to all the places near my home that I've been avoiding, or didn't know existed until I started looking around on Google Maps.

So that's sort of what this blog's about. A record of my wanderings and ramblings.

Welcome, enjoy the view.