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Yardley Wood Bus Garage.
A lockdown 2 walk up and down Yardley Wood Road towards Solihull Lodge and back.
Went past the "Home of the famous route 50" both ways.
They are also home of the Electric route 6 buses.
Walking down Yardley Wood Road in Solihull Lodge, I saw The Lodge Greene King pub again.
Closed during the 4 week lockdown in England.
Was heading to get onto the Stratford-on-Avon Canal.
Menu and a barrel.
View of Poole from Purbeck.
A short drive out of town in dull drizzly weather.
Lockdown 2, day 17.
21.11.2020
Yardley Wood Bus Garage.
A lockdown 2 walk up and down Yardley Wood Road towards Solihull Lodge and back.
Went past the "Home of the famous route 50" both ways.
They are also home of the Electric route 6 buses.
Birmingham Forward coat of arms.
Scaffolding Selfridges after dark with Christmas lights.
The scaffolding has so far only gone up halfway on the Park Street side of the famous building.
Many of the discs have been removed, but now they will be able to do a proper job, take them all off, and repaint blue underneath.
Will eventually be a pink hoardings design on the outside while they replace the discs underneath.
Meanwhile the Christmas lights have gone up on Park Street and Moor Street.
Temporary bus stops for the 35 and 50 on Moor Street. I expect that side to be scaffolded as well.
Yardley Wood Bus Garage.
A lockdown 2 walk up and down Yardley Wood Road towards Solihull Lodge and back.
Went past the "Home of the famous route 50" both ways.
They are also home of the Electric route 6 buses.
National Express West Midlands - Home of the famous route 50 - sign
Rainy Bournemouth, a planned walk on day off from work, didn't happen. I booked a couple of days off before lockdown 2.
Lockdown 2
09.11.2020
Sunday photo walk. First weekend of Lockdown 2 in England. The weather is grey today, but still good the get out.
Poole 08.11.2020
Sunday photo walk. First weekend of Lockdown 2 in England. The weather is grey today, but still good the get out.
For my 120 photos in 2020, number 100 "succulent plants".
Barbers Pile maritime garden
Poole 08.11.2020
Sunday photo walk. First weekend of Lockdown 2 in England. The weather is grey today, but still good the get out.
Lockdown 2, day 4, on Poole Bridge
Poole 08.11.2020
New Cannon Passage to Birmingham Cathedral.
View from the 4th floor kitchen in my work building. The window opens out, so took this before I left.
Moving offices again, so will lose this view, not that I went up to the kitchen much.
Sunday morning walk in the quiet parts of town.
I put the zoom lens on the camera, for a change, lots of stepping back as I am used to the 12-32 lens.
Lockdown 2 day 18
22.11.2020
Passing through the almost empty concourse at Birmingham New Street Station from the Southside Steps towards Stephenson Street.
The former John Lewis escalators entrance has been closed since the beginning of the pandemic and now will not not reopen as John Lewis.
Various hand sanitiser stations are still out. Plus the Christmas tree and decorations has gone up.
The second lockdown will end less than a week after this visit to be replaced by another tiered system.
Jack Whitehall phone box and red post box on Shirley Road, Acocks Green.
During a Olton / Acocks Green lockdown morning walk.
Near the Shirley Road Post Office opposite Fox Hollies Park.
GR - B27 329
Royal Mail Priority Postbox supporting the NHS
The Jack Whitehall advert at Arena Birmingham was for the 2019 tour. Anything in 2020 is cancelled.
Usually this time of year would be the Birmingham Frankfurt Christmas Market, but not in 2020. Cancelled due to the pandemic / lockdown / social distancing etc.
So New Street to the Bullring was unusually quiet in the early evening after dark.
About a week or more to go on this 2nd lockdown, and I popped into Grand Central Birmingham to got to Tesco Express.
The escalators and stairs near the Stephenson Street entrance was closed, so ended up going up an escalator from inside Birmingham New Street Station.
Saw the mural by Annatomix again, only the left side, but no one in front of it as Grand Central was empty, so took a new photo of it.
A quiet Bullring with the Christmas lights up.
Due to the pandemic, no market here or Snow Dome, so the Bullring has put up the usual Christmas lights and artificial Christmas tree.
St Martin's Square Christmas Tree
The Floozie after dark light up in the early evening.
It's been 10 years since I saw it like this.
With the new 103 Colmore Row.
The walk down Yardley Wood Road through Warstock towards Solihull Lodge and back.
New Kim's - Chinese Takeaway, Cantonese & Peking Cuisine.
On Greenford Road.
First time back in the City Centre in 2 weeks.
Got off the bus just short of Birmingham Coach Station in Digbeth.
New Street in the morning. Quiet as the Christmas market that is usually here this time of year is cancelled due to the pandemic, but the lights have gone up.
I've moved offices and got this view of the new 103 Colmore Row. Behind the Premier Inn Hotel on Waterloo Street in Birmingham.
Passing Yardley Wood Station on the bridge on Highfield Road in Yardley Wood towards the Trittiford Mill Pool.
The afternoon walk on the first day of the 2nd lockdown in England.
So wont be getting a train during this 4 week period.
I wasn't expecting to see any trains, then West Midlands Railway 172212 arrived for the 14:42 service to Stratford-upon-Avon.
I still need to get a train back to Stratford, maybe in December, after the 2nd lockdown ends and things reopens again.
A lockdown 2 walk around Beacon Hill at the Lickey Hills Country Park.
After checking out the skyline, walked down through the woods, with leaves all over the ground and some paths were a bit muddy.
Start of the 2nd Lockdown in England for 4 weeks. So went for an afternoon walk down to Yardley Wood and popped into the Trittiford Mill Pool, just before 3pm.
So was sunburst in the clouds on the Priory Road side of the mill pool.
The bank down to the River Cole was being cut down I noticed as I passed from Highfield Road towards Scribers Lane.
Black-headed gulls
A lockdown 2 walk around Beacon Hill at the Lickey Hills Country Park.
After checking out the skyline, walked down through the woods, with leaves all over the ground and some paths were a bit muddy.
The Birmingham skyline from Beacon Hill as of November 2020.
103 Colmore Row and The Cube. Also Arena Central.
1 Centenary Square (HSBC UK), 3 Arena Central, Alpha Tower.
A lockdown 2 walk around Beacon Hill at the Lickey Hills Country Park.
After checking out the skyline, walked down through the woods, with leaves all over the ground and some paths were a bit muddy.
HD video clip of the November 2020 skyline update of Birmingham City Centre.
November 2020 skyline update:
Old Joe at the University of Birmingham, Selfridges and St Martin's Church. The Sentinels, Beetham Tower, Orion Building, The Cube, 103 Colmore Row. 3 Arena Central, Alpha Tower, 1 Centenary Square, The Mercian, The Bank Tower 1 & 2.
Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham.
The Lansdowne.
Colmore BID Angels in Cathedral Square.
The main Christmas lights attraction near Birmingham Cathedral and Colmore Row.
No Christmas market due to the pandemic / restrictions, so the Colmore BID have put up lights to cheer people up after a hard year.
Colmore BID Christmas lights on lampposts in Cathedral Square.
They seem to look good in daylight and after dark.
Been a long time since there was any Christmas lights around Birmingham Cathedral.
But no markets this year, due to the pandemic / restrictions, so something to cheer people up after a hard year.
Christmas decorations at Restored in Shirley.
Antiques to Chic shop on the Stratford Road.
Closed until the 2nd lockdown ends in early December 2020.
Pair of Christmas trees, with a red post box for letters to Santa.
Walking down Yardley Wood Road in Solihull Lodge, I saw The Lodge Greene King pub again.
Closed during the 4 week lockdown in England.
Was heading to get onto the Stratford-on-Avon Canal.
The Floozie after dark light up in the early evening.
It's been 10 years since I saw it like this.
With the new 103 Colmore Row.
Christmas lights on New Street.
No Christmas market in 2020 due to the pandemic / lockdown / social distancing etc.
But the lights have quietly gone up and on to brighten things up.
Towards Victoria Square.
The Christmas lights on the High Street in Birmingham near Marks & Spencer.
No Christmas Market in 2020 due to the pandemic and lockdown / social distancing etc.
Passing Yardley Wood Station on the bridge on Highfield Road in Yardley Wood towards the Trittiford Mill Pool.
The afternoon walk on the first day of the 2nd lockdown in England.
So wont be getting a train during this 4 week period.
The sunburst and clouds behind the Yardley Wood Station sign.
Almost had a walk along the muddy towpath on the Stratford-on-Avon Canal from the High Street in Solihull Lodge (went along a bit of it).
But ended up walking back to Yardley Wood at road level instead.
Range Rover on the right.
Jaguar on the left.
The Floozie may soon be a fountain again.
The plants were removed during the 2nd lockdown in Victoria Square.
Quiet at lunchtime, no one around.
First time back in the City Centre in 2 weeks.
Got off the bus just short of Birmingham Coach Station in Digbeth.
Primark - Thank you to everyday heroes.
Seen on Moor Street Queensway.
Closed on lockdown 2. I've never been in since it opened in 2019.
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Same machine in action!
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"Due to the new national lockdown from 5th November 2020, our train services are currently suspended." ...so a good time for maintenance I guess.
A lockdown 2 walk around Beacon Hill at the Lickey Hills Country Park.
After checking out the skyline, walked down through the woods, with leaves all over the ground and some paths were a bit muddy.
The Birmingham skyline from Beacon Hill as of November 2020.
Old Joe at the University of Birmingham, Selfridges and St Martin's Church. The Sentinels, Beetham Tower, Orion Building, The Cube, 103 Colmore Row. 3 Arena Central, Alpha Tower, 1 Centenary Square, The Mercian, The Bank Tower 1 & 2.
Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham.
The Lansdowne.
Malvern Hills from Beacon Hill Car Park at the Lickey Hills.
The start and end point of a lockdown 2 walk.
Got the Birmingham Skyline update again, before we had a walk around the woods, up and down the muddy paths, and wet leaves.
Got another view of the Droitwich Transmitting Station.
The walk down Yardley Wood Road in Solihull Lodge.
red post box - GR - B90 753
Royal Mail Priority Postbox supporting the NHS
I don't know what kind of marker this is. It's at the edge of one part of the churchyard of St Bartholomew's Church in Binley in Coventry. It's by the side of the path that leads from the church to the kissing gate that lead into fields by Binley Road.
The first Saturday of the 2nd lockdown. A walk down the Warwick Road in Acocks Green after a long walk down Gospel Lane.
Non essential shops, cafes, restaurants, bars and pubs are closed for 4 weeks.
Goodfella's Barber Shop - on the Warwick Road in Acocks Green Village.
I expect a pizza or take away place would have a name like this!