Bus Runs Route 30 West Brom to Stone Cross via Great Bridge and Hill Top

Went out Sunday specifically to finish up Route 30 which has promiscuously overlapped other route runs around West Brom since starting this project at the New Year. Looking back over the 30, I only found two photos along the way with the first this now closed but formerly Halal abattoir in Harvill’s Hawthorn near Great Bridge.

One of the motivations for the Bus Run project has been to force exploration of the realm. I actually hit some road segments I have never been on before on the 4th of Feb and one of those passed the Bromwich Manor great hall built sometime in the late 13th-century (roughly 1270 ad). It’s now a museum run by the council from April till October every year so now I’ve got a new bit of historical tourism to do this Spring or Summer.

The King’s Arms, Great Bridge, West Midlands

Pub #2440:

The Friday afternoon run from the Red Lion followed a canal path for awhile but the blazing sun drove me to seek refreshment in the shade at the Kings Arms a little more than halfway home.

Four very drunk fellows were at the next table sitting in the direct sun.  One of them was already severely sunburned.  They and another table of middle aged erstwhile hoodlums seemed to be the same group I saw at the Rising Sun around the corner back in December.  Strange neighbourhood.