Oh wow, thank you Tim! For some reason, GoPro's seem to steam up on warm days. I'm taking my sunglasses cloth with me in future, but I might hold off if it looks cool :-))
You're very welcome. I was notified about your Facebook post this morning. It was really interesting to hear that you're thinking of moving (returning?) to Great Barr. There are some excellent walks behind Netherhall. There's a bluebell wood near the top of the hill (other side of the Fish Pond). Merrion's Wood is also excellent and it's possible to walk from there up to Barr Beacon. The ruins of Great Barr Hall are spectacular. The Great Barr area has changed a bit. It's a constant battle to keep the litter at bay, with no help at all from Birmingham Council. We have to do it ourselves! There are now multiple litter picking groups doing their best, but sometimes it feels like a losing battle. The Netherhall estate is always neat and tidy as it's separate from the rest of Great Barr. Good luck with your move.
@@Bangford Yes I left Brum 30 years ago, we now live in Barnstaple but man am I bored with it here !!, my two sons have moved from Devon to Selly Oak area. Me and you could discuss this for ages, but rural Devon (particulary inland) is pretty much inaccessible for anybody that is not the landowner, it is massively agricultural and as such the farmland is a no go area so ironically there are far more public open spaces in Birmingham, so yes I know we have Dartmoor and Exmoor but most people dont live there, Barnstaple has virtually no parks or put it this way, no new open spaces created even though its 6 times the size it was 100 years ago, there are beaches but that requires driving, the inland countryside is an over fertilised intensively farmed industrial landscape, it is not a rural paradise alive with wildlife as many people imagine. Its OK but the whole area relies on farming and tourism and as such that is all the people that were born here know about, likewise I know nothing about farming and do not work in tourism, so as such for a Brummie its kind of hard to have any common ground with somebody born and bred here. I have seen it, been there and done it all now and its time to move back to the canals, the diversity, the industrial landscape, the diverse economy, I can cope with the litter, Nether Hall is high on our list but there are other places on the list, maybe we wil lbump into each other when we are back in Brum.....I cant wait!!!!, another thought is that after 30 years away, I see more open spaces than before and that is because the canals have become accessible, many ex industrial sites are unsuitable for development and have become country parks, Kingsbury Water Park was a Quarry, Queslett Nature reserve likewise, the black country is full of them, they kind of mix in with the urban landscape but thats kind of cool to me, I like it
Hi Toby, love the dreamy soft focus effect that you jade going on in the video, thanks for sharing 🙂
Oh wow, thank you Tim! For some reason, GoPro's seem to steam up on warm days. I'm taking my sunglasses cloth with me in future, but I might hold off if it looks cool :-))
@@Bangford 🤣👍🏽
Brilliant !!!! thinking of buying on Nether Hall so this was a great vid for us, thanks
You're very welcome.
I was notified about your Facebook post this morning. It was really interesting to hear that you're thinking of moving (returning?) to Great Barr.
There are some excellent walks behind Netherhall. There's a bluebell wood near the top of the hill (other side of the Fish Pond). Merrion's Wood is also excellent and it's possible to walk from there up to Barr Beacon. The ruins of Great Barr Hall are spectacular.
The Great Barr area has changed a bit. It's a constant battle to keep the litter at bay, with no help at all from Birmingham Council. We have to do it ourselves! There are now multiple litter picking groups doing their best, but sometimes it feels like a losing battle.
The Netherhall estate is always neat and tidy as it's separate from the rest of Great Barr. Good luck with your move.
@@Bangford Yes I left Brum 30 years ago, we now live in Barnstaple but man am I bored with it here !!, my two sons have moved from Devon to Selly Oak area. Me and you could discuss this for ages, but rural Devon (particulary inland) is pretty much inaccessible for anybody that is not the landowner, it is massively agricultural and as such the farmland is a no go area so ironically there are far more public open spaces in Birmingham, so yes I know we have Dartmoor and Exmoor but most people dont live there, Barnstaple has virtually no parks or put it this way, no new open spaces created even though its 6 times the size it was 100 years ago, there are beaches but that requires driving, the inland countryside is an over fertilised intensively farmed industrial landscape, it is not a rural paradise alive with wildlife as many people imagine. Its OK but the whole area relies on farming and tourism and as such that is all the people that were born here know about, likewise I know nothing about farming and do not work in tourism, so as such for a Brummie its kind of hard to have any common ground with somebody born and bred here. I have seen it, been there and done it all now and its time to move back to the canals, the diversity, the industrial landscape, the diverse economy, I can cope with the litter, Nether Hall is high on our list but there are other places on the list, maybe we wil lbump into each other when we are back in Brum.....I cant wait!!!!, another thought is that after 30 years away, I see more open spaces than before and that is because the canals have become accessible, many ex industrial sites are unsuitable for development and have become country parks, Kingsbury Water Park was a Quarry, Queslett Nature reserve likewise, the black country is full of them, they kind of mix in with the urban landscape but thats kind of cool to me, I like it