22082009068_ed - whoops

22082009068_ed - whoops

there was a classic car procession going past, i think for a wedding or something. looked nice. i...

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21082009067_ed - what? is that really why you did that?

21082009067_ed - what? is that really why you did that?

The mystery knocked-down bit of an old pub from an earlier photo ... is apparently making way...

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21082009066_ed - the infamous distressway

21082009066_ed - the infamous distressway

The A38(M) in all its glory, and default 3x3 lane mode with the centre lane as the buffer...

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21082009065_ed - lonely chimney stack

21082009065_ed - lonely chimney stack

A bit further up the road now, after a somewhat confused ad hoc detour when meeting roadworks along...

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21082009062_ed - view of new hospital from front

21082009062_ed - view of new hospital from front

And all three "stacks" from the main access road. The rectangular bit at their base...

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21082009061_ed - side view of new hospital 2

21082009061_ed - side view of new hospital 2

Just getting another angle on it. Looks a bit more like a regular tower block thing but still not particularly ugly. And that tree again...

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21082009060_ed - proof of unfinished construction

21082009060_ed - proof of unfinished construction

Yep, getting there, a lot of the scaffold etc is good, but we've still got the ol' prefab container...

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21082009059_ed - side of new hospital 1

21082009059_ed - side of new hospital 1

It's supposedly meant to look like the smokestacks from the old QE2 cruise liner, as a visual pun on...

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21082009058_ed - closeup of new hospital from the rear

21082009058_ed - closeup of new hospital from the rear

Going up Metchley Lane to the hospital proper... it's so nearly done, but there's obviously still...

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21082009056_ed - new road view

21082009056_ed - new road view

Somewhere down there, it's still under construction, as it hasn't joined up at the other end yet. I...

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21082009055_ed - slightly closer view of hospital and new road

21082009055_ed - slightly closer view of hospital and new road

The new island is already open for business, rather than being strangely coned-up, and it's...

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21082009053_ed - New QE2 Hospital from soon-to-be new line of A38

21082009053_ed - New QE2 Hospital from soon-to-be new line of A38

Currently just a random bit of the A4040 ring road, but before too long this will be transmuted into...

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21082009051_ed - empty ex-Rover factory site

21082009051_ed - empty ex-Rover factory site

No evidence any more but the perimeter wall and some signs advertising the new build to come. Ugh....

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21082009050_ed - Longbridge island

21082009050_ed - Longbridge island

There used to be a lot more in the background there than just the portacabins and the constructors' sign... but at least we get some pretty flowers :p

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21082009049_ed - approaching Longbridge

21082009049_ed - approaching Longbridge

Coming up to the island that used to be so surrounded by industry - namely Rover, everywhere around....

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21082009048_ed - GATEWAY TO BIRMINGHAM

21082009048_ed - GATEWAY TO BIRMINGHAM

This is the first stop you come to after leaving the joyous rural bit of the A38 behind and stepping...

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21082009047_ed - Birmingham Road headed north from M5 J4

21082009047_ed - Birmingham Road headed north from M5 J4

Charging up the A38, the old main route around these parts and still a fairly major artery. Though...

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21082009043_ed - BIIIIG motorhome

21082009043_ed - BIIIIG motorhome

Now that's a proper winnebago that, right down to the wheels being about a mile inboard of the...

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