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Tuesday, 11 August 2009 - Wyre Forest

Bloody hot and sunny today - beauty! Out came the bike from the stuffy hotel room, and I headed for the hills on the other side of Bewdley.				Too bad I can't read ;)

This is Wyre Forest, one of Britain's largest surviving ancient oak woodlands.				I made a deal with the hotel staff that if I didn't bring the bike in covered in shit, they'd allow me to keep it in my room. I had to sneak it past them tonight ;)

After a while I found what used to be a railway line way back in the day, and I hooned along it scaring the crap out of joggers and small children with the air horn.

				Just one of hundreds of paths heading off in all directions.

Along the way I passed some random cottages in the forest, before eventually coming out at some random road beside some random village called Buttonoak, which appears to consist of just a pair of large houses on the roadside.
I was reading something in the news today about a new sequel in the planning for The Blair Witch Project. As the sun went down I decided to leave hehe ;)		Somewhere up in the hills of Bewdley.

Thursday, 13 August 2009 - Trimpley

Trimpley is the area up the hill from my hotel near Bewdley of which I threw a couple shots up last week. Lots of narrow lanes, and a much steeper hill than I expected (although it was good fun screaming back down the other side :)

Looking over towards Bewdley - on another bloody big hill.		Ooooo I was so tempted to let the air horn rip as I went past these two, but that would be mean - I much prefer to do it to pedestrians.		Looking, umm, somewhere else.

Morgan Estate, maybe? Either way if it's got my name it, it's gotta be good!		In the direction of Morgan Estate (or whatever it is) I found massive fields full of geegees...

A track through a random forest (that forbid bicycles but I can't read)...		Some train tracks...		A big river...

More footpaths to cycle along...		Random shacks buried in the overgrowth...		That river again...

And more narrow lanes - there must be some good near-misses along here, surely!				Oh and I also found one of those cars from Mr Bean with just three wheels hehe. I really wouldn't feel safe in one of these!

Friday, 14 August 2009 - Much Ado About Nothing

This is looking down Henley Street in Stratford-upon-Avon, about a 50km drive from Kidderminster where I've been working all week. It's only a small town but is a popular tourist destination because of...		...this - the birthplace of the late great playwright and poet, William Shakespeare. Shakespeare's father bought this house in 1556, and William was born here eight years later.		I didn't go in because a) it costs about £12 (just to walk around the inside of a house) and b) I didn't have time - I had to get the hire car back to London.

Sunday, 16 August 2009 - Off the highways

Week three (of four) in Kidderminster for work, and another Ford Focus in which to hoon up there.		Hahaha you gotta be kidding me!
Just for fun I had the GPS avoid highways in the hope it would send me down some scenic back-country roads. Initially it therefore took me through parts of London that are the reason why my ex-flatmate and I refer to this city as Londonistanabad.		Eventually though I passed Heathrow and left London for the countryside.
Before long, I wondered if this was a bad idea: it was 6pm, I had over 200kms to go, and we were getting held up by horse and cart hehe.		Bloody nice roads though, and I had great fun screaming along them at every opportunity!
Despite setting it to avoid highways, the GPS decided they were unavoidable and put me on one for 125kms.		At least I was on the better side of the road. I had to contend with that shit on Friday night and got the car back an hour late, and just 15 minutes before they closed.
125kms later the GPS took me off the M40 motorway, through Birmingham and along 50kms worth of more back roads and towns - fun times! :)

Monday, 17 August 2009 - How's this for a view?!

Check out this punk's view! Last Thursday I took the bike up the hill across from my hotel and through Trimpley. I took a turn off the main road that day, and today I decided to see where that main road continued to. This is what I found!		The house is currently unoccupied, but was sold at auction over the weekend and so won't be unoccupied for long. But, since it is empty, I trespassed all over the property to get several shots of its view.
Looking west from Trimpley. I read a story on a local news website this afternoon about a trial beginning in New Zealand today over the death of a female British tourist in a body boarding accident in Queenstown. Well that chick was from Trimpley - small world.

Friday, 21 August 2009 - They're only human

Sunday, 23 August 2009 - Christmas already

I was in Selfridges this afternoon - a massive department store on Oxford Street celebrating its 100th year in operation. Still four months or a third of a year to go, but it's started already. Unbelievable.

This is my fourth and final week up north in Kidderminster with work. For the last couple weeks Hertz gave me a Ford Focus to screw up there, and this week they gave me a block of Lego.		Oh Mr Whippy's going on holiday! I should've asked him for a milkshake on my way past - I do love a good Mr Whippy milkshake!

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Yeah it's touch and go mate, it's that damn syrup he uses - gets me everytime!! Glug glug glug... - Aaron

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