Thanks due to the boys at Halesowen Cycles, the bicycle was fixed and returned in good time. The possibly/probably serious problem diagnosed as a worn out bottom bracket - not surprising after some 5,000 miles!
Sunny days are here again and Spring just edges it as my favourite time of year. So off last Thursday for a ride around the lanes near Earlswood, across to Hockley Heath and on to Packwood.
Canal Bridge 26, Hockley Heath
There’s always plenty to see and this lift bridge is on the canal on the north side of the road to Warwick Road just out of Hockley Heath is like something from a Van Gogh or Dutch old master landscape painting.
The road verges down to Packwood Hall were awash with daffodils…
…while over the field the famous yews stand sentinel still over the Packwood grounds…
…it’s a C17th yew garden known as the ‘Sermon on the Mount’ as there is a conical mount at one end with one plus twelve yews representing Christ and the Apostles.