The local nature centre

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Jess and I caught an early morning train to Birmingham this morning. We wanted to get out of London for the weekend and go somewhere we had not been before. We walked through the city in search of tonight's hostel. We came across the information centre and picked up a map and brochures. Once we knew where we were staying we decided to visit the Birmingham Nature Reserve. To get there we had to catch a local bus. It was a bit embarrassing asking the young bus driver where we had to get off. He was nice and made an announcement for us when we got the right stop. The nature reserve was fun, but pretty miserable. There were many animals that seemed sad, lacked space or were not usually found in this climate.

We caught the bus back to the centre of town and after lunch went for a walk along the canal. Spent the rest of the cold afternoon indoors at the Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery. There was a lot to see in here and quite interesting. After we had Chinese for dinner, thought it was best we went back to the hostel, especially before it got too dark or late. The hostel was in a pretty dodgy part of town.

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Photos

01 Council House
The grand Council House.

02 African Porcupine
It was feeding time for these African Porcupines.

03 Cranes
Tall birds.

04 Turtles
Turtles in their little glass home.

05 Beavers
These beavers could not keep still!

06 Lemur
They remind me of the movie Madagascar.

07 Colourful pheasant
Loved the bright orange feathers.

08 Canal
View of the canal.

09 Canal
Another view of the canal.

10 Canal
View of the canals.

11 Ducks
Ducks swimming in the canal.

12 Museum and Art Gallery
The place where we spent the afternoon.

13 The Piazza of St Marks, Venice
William Logsdail, Arabs walking through the city square.

14 Widow
Her husband didn't return from a fishing trip.

15 Train ride
A train ride to Brighton from London.

16 Round gallery
One of the gallerys many rooms.

17 Warwick Castle
Antonio Canaletto, spent some time in the area and this is his painting of the nearby Warwick Castle.

19 The Distressed Poet
William Hogarth, shows the man on the left trying to write peotry, at the same time the landlady has burst in wanting the rent and behind her a dog is stealing their meat.

20 Glass
Glass from the when the Romans were in town.

21 Glass
Glass from the when the Romans were in town.