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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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