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I have spent most of my life just bumming around, country hopping, taking photos and having an absolutely incredible time. So I put up this blog to share some of my pictures, and some of my awesome experiences, with you.
You don't need to buy anything but if you chose to, thank you. Its how I finance my travels and it enables me to share more of my experiences with you.
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Penkridge is a place of relative peace, a haven of calm, the canal being separated from the motorway by several rows of houses. You can still hear it when the wind is in the wrong direction, but it's not too bad.
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Radford Meadows Nature Reserve, on the southern outskirts of Stafford in the English Midlands, is managed by Staffordshire Wildlife Trust.
What better way could there be to view the reserve than to take a leisurely stroll along the towpath of the Staffs & Worcs Canal in July.
At this time of year the banks are rich with meadowsweet and there are several good viewpoints from which to appreciate the reserve without disturbing the wildlife.
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Haymaking isn't just about feeding farm animals through the winter, it's also about nature conservation. Hay meadows can either be managed for wildflowers or ground nesting birds. It all depends when you mow the grass.
It's been a lovely few days here in Walton-on-the-Hill, on the outskirts of Stafford, watching the haymaking.
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Tixall Wide is a lake on the canal, also known as Tixall Broad or The Broad Water.
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Great Haywood in Staffordshire, where the rivers Sow and Trent join beneath Essex Bridge, to flow as one towards the sea, was an obvious choice for one on the most important canal junctions in the country.
Here, thanks to Brindley, the Trent & Mersey Canal joins the Staffordshire and Worcester canal, enabling onward travel to any of the four great English estuaries, the Humber. the Thames, the severn, and the Mersey.
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The estate then had a succession of owners until 1624 when it was purchased by William Anson, a lawyer, of Dunston, Staffordshire. Apparently he paid just for £1,000. That's the power of inflation I suppose.
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