13th June 2012. The weather has been very disappointing in recent weeks, but today was an exception, so we fared forth to a LNR (Local Nature Reserve) at Rushall, near Walsall, called Hay Head Wood, where, 200 years ago, limestone was dug up for iron smelting. A canal branch was eventually built, and the whole place would have been quite industrial then. But now the canal has resolved itself into a long shallow pool, and the various holes where limestone was dug out also form a series of pools, all now heavily wooded. This shot seems devoid of interest, to be sure; but it was very nice to walk a couple of miles on a fine warm day, in virtual solitude – we met just one cyclist. We only discovered later that we had walked the ‘wrong way’, going away from the larger pools & canal. Another visit will have to be made.