It's pretty poor that I've never really had the opportunity to explore Birmingham before. Whenever I have been it's always been to do something specific (like change trains) so any exploring has been somewhat time limited. Put that right this weekend. Saw me some brum.
So what did I see?
First off I saw a skyline. Naively, I wasn't really expecting a skyline. But bam there it was. Not just the Bullring.
I saw a tiny cathedral, would barely have to duck its spire to get through the doors of Norwich.
I saw the Staffordshire Horde. I'm pretty impressed that the guy who found it realised how significant it was. If it had been me I'd have thought it was Elizabeth Duke flytipping.
I saw a length of the more-canals-than-Venice canal. There may well be more canals in Birmingham than Venice but the Venice ones are a whole heap easier to navigate. Locks ago-go in that Second City, it would take ages to get a boat through that lot.
I saw that there library. That's a mighty impressive building. And it had fennel on the roof. More public buildings should have fennel on the roof.
So yeah, Birmingham, you're alright, you are. Sorry it took me so long to get there properly.
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