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Urban Walk: Enjoying the gift of walking

LAST Friday I saw a most impressive performance at the Rep Door. Read

A Walk in the Park: Sandwell Recreation Ground

THINK of Sandwell and you tend to consider ‘the other lot’ over the border in the Black Country.Read

Walk in the Park: Bourne Pool, Little Aston

I MUST have driven past this week’s little beauty spot 100 times without ever realising that it was even there.Read

Urban Walk: It’s time to get out of the office

STUCK in the office all day? Having to attend meetings when everyone else is outside enjoying the summer? Office environments can be stifling and unhealthy, especially if you spend too long stuck in front of a screen.Read

Big Brum Buz: A unique view of Birmingham's history

WHATEVER your reason for wanting to know more about the great history of Birmingham, it’s now easy to play catch-up.Read

Bloomin’ good value in welcoming castle

IF AN Englishman’s home is his castle, what does that make the Warwick Castles of this world?Read

Step up and come join a taster walk

RAMBLERS’ National Get Walking Day is being held tomorrow.Read

A Walk in the Park: Mill Pool, Hateley Heath

ONE of the joys – and fears – of writing this column is wondering where it will take me next.Read

Opening a web filled with ideas for big fun

WHATEVER you want to do, wherever you want to go... nowhere does it quite like Birmingham when it comes to value-for-money days out.Read

A Walk in the Park: Kents Moat Recreation Ground, Yardley

MOATS have been big in the news this month after an MP claimed expenses for having one cleaned.Read

Easy way to put a spring in your step

SPRINGWATCH will feature the Ramblers’ Get Walking Keep Walking project on BBC WM radio next Wednesday.Read

Floating up and away at 2,000ft is a real gas

GETTING up with the dawn chorus is not my idea of fun.Read

Strolling on a sunny afternoon

A HEALTHY lunch at the Warehouse Café at Friends of the Earth on Allison Street was just the ticket on a beautiful sunny afternoon.Read

A Walk in the Park: Sandwell Valley

ALTHOUGH its name is Swan Pool, I didn’t see a single bird with royal protection during my latest visit to the 2,000-acre Sandwell Valley Country Park.Read

Shut jewellers is a real gem of a time capsule

EVER noticed how the circle of life keeps coming back round, in keeping with the spinning Earth and its annual journey around the sun?Read

Walk in the Park: Sheldon Country Park

WE only went for a simple walk in a park – but then found ourselves living it up amongst the jet set.Read

WALKING: Relaxing afternoon in Digbeth

TUCKED away close to the centre is a walk to rejuvenate you after a hectic morning. The Chinese Community Centre is a lively place where we had one of our most enthusiastic groups of walkers last year.Read