A Brummie's Guide to Birmingham

I badly codged this together on MS Paint sometime in January after going for a walk around Kings Norton and The Fields, Millenium Green. I ...

One day, I was doing a volunteering shift at Stirchley Stores with a rather nice man called Steve. We were talking about this blog and he...

Based around Merecroft Pool, Wychall Reservoir and West Heath park. I’ve wanted to find Merecroft Pool for a while, in order to blog...

This route starts at Lifford Lake , or it can be started from Lifford Lane. Follow the sign on a lamp post for the River Rea Heritage trai...

The Saracen’s Head on King’s Norton Green is part of a medieval complex of buildings which includes the Old Grammar School . It was a winn...

I like the canal system in Birmingham. I used to cycle along it quite often with my brother and father, from Northfield to Selly Oak and b...

A hidden gem! I found it on Google Earth, and then proceeded to hunt it out and find it. And boy, did I find it! This is another wondrous pl...

Not many people are aware of this, indeed, no one I know other than my family knows this, but Thomas the Tank Engine was born in King’s No...

My mom mentioned one of the ladies at her work had seen some art on the footbridge over the railway tracks. I went to have a look. Amazing! ...

The Old Grammar School in King’s Norton is another of those places that I knew about, and went to find, but never saw it (much like Ironbr...