Day Two (and a bit)

So Day two and guess what it did not rain all day. to behonest after yesterday when it seemed never to stop I had sort of given up hope.

So what happened then, well I spent some time going having a look at the Job boards and trying what was new and play the game of seeing just how many times jobs I had applied for were being advertised through different agencies. I had a good conversation with a recruiter, he seemed happy and will talk to the company about me today or tomorrow. (fingers crossed) Apart from that I updated various profiles I have, Linkedin, Reed etc. My Cv will need to amended slightly based on some feedback, I need to make sure that it does show I worked for one company for nearly 9 years. That is a long time.

And then I managed to go for a walk. Just down the hill to the Rushall Canal at Five Ways Bridge  and then up towards the Lock One

This is pretty much the view from Five ways Bridge. I try and glance up every time I drive past. My eye is always drawn to Gillity Bridge, and beyond. It is always a glimpse.

Fore me it is something although familiar it always changes. The Season, the light and time of day, the weather.

So I walk up the tow path, even though it it the middle of the day it is quiet. Then as I walk slowly up the volume from my left increases dramatically. It is dinner time and the children at the school are out to play. As I walk the spike of noise disappears behind me and I can hear the birds in the trees. Various small birds including great and long tailed tits, goldfinch and sparrow flit through the trees ignoring me getting on with their lives searching for their next meal.

Today is the the first day of Winter, well if you count Sept Oct and Nov as Autumn. It is a bit blowy. but I had wrapped up.

From Gillity Bridge

Most of the trees have some leaves left though not many, any sign of green is long gone it is mainly yellow with some orange. Standing out are the few evergreens in people's gardens.


As I walked, I felt slow and not quite up to speed. It has been a while since I want for a proper walk or even got some exercise.

As time passed legs stretched out again  muscles and joints almost sliding back into some sort of rhythm.

The whole walk took much longer than I thought.

Floating By

On the water the Mallard swim around as if the owned the place. Coots and Moorhen keeping to the usually the far bank.


I saw a leaf floating by well I overtook it at my great of knots. I liked the colours, the yellows, oranges and browns contrasting with the red of the stalk.


So by the time I have finished this it is now day 3 and I have to work out what to do today.

See how it goes

So it is a long time since I wrote anything on this.
I have been thinking about doing something, what I don't know. Writing and putting down what is in my head. Keeping going really. So just to touch base. A beginning of a project. The canal down the road where I walk and take pictures. The Rushall Canal.


So this is it a picture from under Guility  Bridge. this is the picture I take most often. the same picture,but it is different every time. the position is the same, time is different

This is the heron who let me get close, though not that close, he/she (sexing herons is not one of my skills) flew off to the lock 



and as I walked towards him he decided discretion was the better part and flew off behind me, but I caught him/her   as he/she took off

So that is it for this time

Part the second

I have actually thought about where I was going to start with this post. I think I have mentioned that I have been walking up and down the Rushall Canal, which cuts through the estate I live on and is five minutes walk down the hill. It actually joins on to the Wyrley and Essington Canal which has a branch leading up to Chasewater where I spent many a long day working as the boatman in the early 80's. Yes I was the one that said "come in number 9 your time is up".

I get to the canal about half way along its length and have the choice of heading "up" towards Hayhead Nature Reserve or down towards the Motorway.
This is a picture I took on the way to the Motorway during the summer. The canal itself is fairly straight

To be honest most times I go up as it gives me lots of options to loop back home or if I want or to branch off into the Aboretum and wander around in the fields. This mainly happens when my youngest wants to come for a "Bike ride". She rides the bike I tend to jog along behind.

One of the things I like is the opportunity to get the same picture at different times of the year. At the moment these are my favourite.


The first was taken at begining of November as Autumn swept through. I do like Autumn and the colour of the leaves, the berries and the fruit, I could go on, but you get the Idea.

Compare this to the a picture I took a month later. Autumn has been and gone and Winter has truly arrived.

All the leaves are gone the variety of colour has been replaced with a monochrome. Yes there is the green of bark, lichen and moss. this is background the white of the snow and frost dominates. The water which reflected the surrondings is frozen and snow lies over it.


I should go to bed now so more soon