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Route to a fitter you in city centre

WHEN the Irish folk singer Christy Moore sang Don’t Forget Your Shovel If You Want To Go To Work, it conjured up images of Irish migrants doing hard labour for a pittance.Read

Baroque beauty at Brum’s heart

ST PHILIP’S Cathedral on Colmore Row is the oldest complete building in Birmingham city centre.Read

Walk in the Park: Phillips Street Recreation Ground, Aston

THE A34 highway between Newton and Aston isn’t the first place that springs to mind when you are thinking of Birmingham’s park hot spots.Read

Enjoying some ‘we’ time with the ducks

THIS week’s walk takes us to Brookvale Park.Read

Pugin’s little gem

WHEREVER I’ve been in Europe, one of my first ports of call in any city has invariably been... the local cathedral.Read

A Walk In The Park: Sherlock Street

ACCORDING to the website www.birminghamuk.com, Sherlock Street is simply “a boring road, an essential piece of Tarmac on the way to Digbeth probably best describes it”.Read

Leebank is a surprising option

THE newly-built Sunset Park in Leebank near the centre is perfect for residents and workers to enjoy a truly inner city urban ramble.Read

Walk on wild side

GET SET for a thundering stampede!Read

Timeless beauty for the fallen

NEXT week marks the 90th anniversary of the ending of the First World War.Read

A frosty dawn at Gardens

LAST week’s October snowfall and overnight frost was so remarkable there was only one place I wanted to go.Read

Time to explore on the doorstep

FOR this week’s Urban Walk I asked a friend to join me on a walk of a nearby neighbourhood she felt she hadn’t explored even though she’d lived up the road for years.Read

Head for the hills to make a great discovery

AS MUCH as I love Birmingham, it’s always great to get out and about in the big outdoors.Read

Walk In The Park: The Green, Castle Bromwich

I’VE always had a soft spot for the old village here, ever since a lovely local resident called Mark came to double glaze the entire front of our house.Read

A village within the city - perfect

I LOVE quaint little villages and it’s always a pleasure to chat to the locals, have a walk around the village and the pretty churchyard, taking in the ancient architecture and enjoying the peace and quiet.Read

All aboard for spooky return

Twycross Zoo’s ghost train is back by popular demand this half-term holiday.Read

New dawn

LESS than a decade ago, Masshouse Circus was the armpit of Britain, never mind Birmingham.Read

Stroll with the Nechells crowd

THIS walk is another one for the Nechells crowd and one I again did with the charming Get Walking Keep Walking group from Bloomsbury Health Centre.Read

'Far East' promises a world of wonder

IT’S more than 5,000 miles from Birmingham to Beijing.Read

Autumn leaves me in mood to stroll

FOR THIS week’s walk I wanted to get a sense of autumn.Read

A Walk In The Park: Tudor Grange Park

WHAT A difference four months makes.Read