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Visible on the crest of a ridge near the Wolverhampton to Bridgnorth road.

A calm spot on the Staffs & Worcs canal.

This octagonal building is by the road at Tixall. There is some doubt whether it is a former turnpike road tollhouse, or an ornamental lodge for the one-time stately home.

The flowers (or perhaps catkins) of an oak don’t stand out.

Not exactly a stereotypical floral smell. Instead it smells of garlic. Where it grows in profusion the smell can be overpowering on a warm spring day.

The ones below were just about to flower.

The northern end of the Staffs & Worcs canal where it meets the Trent and Mersey canal at Great Hayward Junction.

Just yards before the junction this aqueduct carries the Staffs & Worcs (foreground) over the river Trent.