Saturday morning surprise its raining we are still moored in Birmingham so many things to see and do including the pen museum , really it `s a very interesting place .   pen museum
The Jewelry quarter  a clue is in the name .The markets The Bullring shopping centre so many shops but still the same sort of stuff and familiar names I didn't know there was so much stuff we didn't want .
There is also the Paradise forum teases the imagination doesn't it , it is really a 60s/70s concrete shopping centre which also included the old central library , opposite the museum  and scheduled for redevelopment ,things seem to change quickly in the city centre although  there are a lot of interesting buildings around both old and new.
we are probably going back to the library today to actually look at books.

                                   Looking up part of the Hatton flight quite a daunting sight

First test run on the folding bike

  President and Kildare struggling to get through the double guillotine stop lock at Kings Norton

Inside the library elevators suspended in space through the central core of galleries 

a couple of Mr Emetts creations 

\This is the traffic island in the centre of Birmingham where the canals meet