The Black Country is a fascinating region, varied, surprisingly green in places, full of heritage, rich in language and humour. There are plenty of interesting and rewarding journeys to be made through this hard-to-define region. This, however, wasn’t one of them. A combination of post-viral feebleness, chilly grey aspic weather and too many memories made [...]
Posts Tagged ‘wolverhampton’
Reclaimed memory park: Wolverhampton to Stourbridge
Posted in Accounts of the walk, Memory, tagged penn, stourbridge, wolverhampton on September 28, 2008 | 7 Comments »
Everything with you – Stafford to Wolverhampton
Posted in Accounts of the walk, tagged newhampton, real ale, stafford, staffordshire and worcester canal, wolverhampton on August 3, 2008 | 13 Comments »
Continuing my journey from Southport (in the North West) to Brighton (on the South coast), I walked from Stafford station to Wolverhampton – the town where I lived between 1986 and 1999. On the way I saw a sinister picture of a dog-like creature, sunk beneath the River Sow; had an Alice-like glimpse of the [...]