We ventured out into torrential rains to the little used furniture place at the south end of Digbeth looking for a sideboard. We found a piece that would work albeit not quite the right style (close, but the legs are metal and the pulls just not quite right) and another that was lovely but a foot too long and £250 overbudget.
Our feet were already soaked so we went from there for some thrifting and a beverage in Acocks Green whereupon the rain intensified and the winds strengthened…quite a change from the day before when I snapped the lead photo of some bridge cladding obscuring a Cut Mark I was hunting.
As it turns out, AG is rife with benchmarks and brackets. I spotted a Cut on the realtor’s shop we were sheltering next to whilst finding the quickest route to the rail station. Turns out, we had passed within a street crossing of at least 3 others and would, on the slog to the station, encounter some others.
Our train was due in 15 minutes when we got to the platform just as it was cancelled. Of course. Again, we passed several more on the way back to Warwick Road to catch a bus and I knew there was a Flush Bracket on the side of the school next to the bus stop and a Cut Mark on the wall just beyond it. I also reckoned there were things to do with the church across the road (in fact, another each FB & CM) but we saw the bus turning the corner through the mist and had to dash (I noted the school Flush Bracket in my peripheral vision for future reference).
Endless British Pub Crawl (Part 3) 