Jewellery Quarter

For once, no rain.  A calm dry morning for a ride to the Jewellery Quarter via the canal and Harborne Walkway.  A nifty diversion was needed via Gillhurst Road to avoid the bridge at the start of walkway which is closed for repairs.

Eight riders.

The route is here.

Earlswood garden centre

A bright, dry, windy day.  Six riders, led by John P, to Earlswood garden centre.   

The route is here.

All Saints church centre, King's Heath

A dry bright day for a mostly off-road ride to King's Heath. 

Thirteen riders.

The route is here.

Costa Coffee, city centre

An even colder start than Saturday, with a heavy frost, but today we had sun and blue sky, so a warmer and very pleasant outing.  

Five riders.

The route is here.

Costa Coffee, city centre

A bitterly cold morning, so quite a surprise that eleven riders turned up.  We took the blue route into the city centre, and negotiated a not very cycle friendly route across the city to the café.  On the return trip, Steve took us to the Harborne Walkway via a new variation on our normal route, which avoided possibly muddy paths.   

The map of the route, which usefully shows both how we got through the city centre and Steve's route on the way home, is here.

M and S, Longbridge

Surprisingly, heavy rain didn't put off the seven people who turned up this morning.  After some discussion on possible destinations (including going home), we decided on a short ride to M and S in Longbridge.  We got wet on the way there and even wetter on the way back, and then, as often happens, the rain stopped soon after we arrived home.

The route is here.

M and S, Moseley

A murky damp morning.  Slight drizzle early on, then dry, but a lot of mud and puddles, especially on the path alongside the river Cole, where there were a couple of puddles extensive enough to be described as floods.  We also had to negotiate a recently fallen tree, which involved lifting bikes over a branch which blocked the path.  

Thanks to Jane T for pics below.

The route is here.