Friday, December 30, 2022

Greek Orthodox Church Of the Holy Trinity and St Luke

Next to the interchange is this church.



Thursday, December 29, 2022

This way

Under Spaghetti Junction is the Salford Circus roundabout, underneath and in the middle of that is this pedestrian walkway. This way for Gravelly Hill!



Wednesday, December 28, 2022

Pointy

A house in Gravelly Hill with a superbly pointy roof.

Tuesday, December 27, 2022

All Saints

Gravelly Hill's church, once built as a chapel of ease but now a parish church in it's own right.



Monday, December 26, 2022

Gravelly Hill

This week we visit Gravelly Hill, now part of north east Birmingham. The place is most famous for, and gave it's name to, the Gravelly Hill Interchange a.k.a. Spaghetti Junction!



Friday, December 23, 2022

Lapworth railway station

Lapworth railway station was opened as Kingswood in 1854 but the name was changed to Lapworth to avoid confusion with a Kingswood station in Surrey.



Thursday, December 22, 2022

The Navigation

Canal side pub.



Wednesday, December 21, 2022

Lees Chapel

Started as the Kingswood Mission, nowadays known as Lapworth Community Church.



Tuesday, December 20, 2022

New housing

A new house is built in Kingswood (to be honest probably long finished by now!)



Monday, December 19, 2022

Kingswood

This week's theme is Kingswood in Warwickshire, its the residential area of Lapworth parish though also has two canals flowing through it.



Friday, December 16, 2022

The Bottle of Sauce

Another pub in the town!



Thursday, December 15, 2022

St Mark's church

In Cheltenham.



Wednesday, December 14, 2022

The Bayshill

One of the town's pubs.



Tuesday, December 13, 2022

Cheltenham Ladies College

Cheltenham is known for a number of things including it's various educational establishments.



Monday, December 12, 2022

Cheltenham

This week's theme is the fine Gloucestershire spa town.



Friday, December 9, 2022

St Thomas

Dudley parish church.



Thursday, December 8, 2022

Dudley council house

Centre of civic power.



Wednesday, December 7, 2022

St Edmund King and Martyr

Catholic church in Dudley.



Tuesday, December 6, 2022

Dudley Priory

The ruins of the former priory.



Monday, December 5, 2022

Dudley

As the castle looks on, this week's theme is Dudley.



Friday, December 2, 2022

The fields

Wood End is in a fairly rural part of the county.



Thursday, December 1, 2022

Houses in Wood End

A couple of homes in the village.



Wednesday, November 30, 2022

Warwickshire Lad

Pub in Wood End.



Tuesday, November 29, 2022

Post here

A rather anonymous old building in Wood End, this one does have a post box attached though.



Monday, November 28, 2022

Wood End

This week's theme is Wood End in Warwickshire, in fact there are a number of Wood Ends in the county (and elsewhere). The theme this week is the one in South Warwickshire near Tanworth-in-Arden.



Friday, November 25, 2022

Loughborough Basin

The basin at the short canal arm off the Grand Union into the centre of Loughborough.



Thursday, November 24, 2022

Old Rectory Museum

Ruins and museum near the church.



Wednesday, November 23, 2022

Bingo

Now a bingo hall but once a fine Art Deco Odeon cinema.



Tuesday, November 22, 2022

All Saints with Holy Trinity

Loughborough's fine parish church.



Monday, November 21, 2022

Return to Loughborough

This week's theme is a return to the Leicestershire town of Loughborough.



Friday, November 18, 2022

Memorial

War memorial in Bromsgrove.



Thursday, November 17, 2022

Turk's Head

Pub in Bromsgrove.



Wednesday, November 16, 2022

144A

The 144A bus in Bromsgrove, heading for Worcester.



Tuesday, November 15, 2022

St John the Baptist

Bromsgrove's impressive parish church



Monday, November 14, 2022

Bromsgrove

This week's theme is Bromsgrove in Worcestershire.



Friday, November 11, 2022

Castle and church

A view of Oakham castle with All Saints' spire in the background.



Thursday, November 10, 2022

All Saints

Oakham's parish church.



Wednesday, November 9, 2022

White Lion

A pub in Oakham.



Tuesday, November 8, 2022

Oakham thatch

A thatched roofed cottage.



Monday, November 7, 2022

Rutland return

This week we return to Oakham, the county town of Rutland.



Friday, November 4, 2022

Red Lion

On the village pubs.

Thursday, November 3, 2022

Signpost

Islip has a number of older style signposts.

Wednesday, November 2, 2022

War memorial

In Islip.



Tuesday, November 1, 2022

Oxon thatch

Just the sort of village you would expect a thatched roof!



Monday, October 31, 2022

Islip return

This week's theme is a return to the Oxfordshire village of Islip.



Friday, October 28, 2022

Cottages

Fine stone cottages in Sileby.



Thursday, October 27, 2022

Sileby Brook

The brook flows through the village, requiring a number of little bridges.



Wednesday, October 26, 2022

St Mary's

A fine church in a county full of fine churches.



Tuesday, October 25, 2022

Horse and Trumpet

Pub in Sileby.



Monday, October 24, 2022

Sileby

This week's theme is Sileby in Leicestershire. They welcome careful drivers.