I remembered the choccy cereal bars but forgot to take my camera on last Saturday’s ride out of town. So no pictures. Pity because I spotted a pair of buzzards lazily wheeling above Crabmill Lane, just north of Headley Heath. There seems to be an east-west buzzard alley just south of Birmingham, as I have seen them (not necessarily the same pair!) over Hopwood, Earlswood and south of Knowle.
Oh yes, I got the gear cable fixed by the boys at Halsesowen Cycles, since re-opened under the ownership of Dave’s Cycles of Walsall Wood. Little Bob, my mate and tennis partner of old, lives and cycles east of Birmingham and tells me Dave’s is brilliant so they’ll be keeping my custom at the Haleswowen shop.
And, while I remember, I got back from Rome to find my London-Paris appeal tee shirts had arrived.
Give me a wave if you see me.
