B-Lines are a network of 3km wide pathways connecting the UK’s best remaining wildflower habitats.

In Autumn 2024, Buglife and Telford and Wrekin Council, collaborated to restore 12 hectares of flower-rich habitat in Telford within Buglife’s B-Lines network. This resulted in the restoration or enhancement of eight sites, including the meadow in front of you.

The nearby Middle Pool in Trench.

After sorting some things out for mum I had a window of opportunity for an impromptu walk at Trench middle pool which was on my way home.

I parked my car in such a way that I needed to open the door to the full extent to avoid stepping into a puddle and half way round the walk I encountered mud. It was at this point I wished I had thought of donning the walking shoes which were in my car. I successfully negotiated the mud but as I neared my car after my walk a car pulled up next to my car. It wasn’t close but it was too close for me to open my car door wide enough to negotiate the puddle.

I lingered a while watching the car occupants feeding the birds, hoping that they didn’t go for a walk afterwards. Thankfully they didn’t and after they left, I was able to get back in my car avoiding the puddle.

Later we visited mum and took her the things she had requested, apart from the mobile phone charger. I had searched all round the house in places I thought it might be to no avail…

I have joined the Civil Service Charity’s STEPtember challenge, aiming to walk 10000 steps per day which for me is just over 4 miles. There will be days when I can’t do this due to travelling so I will average it out to reach my 300,000 in September.

For my first walk I chose a walk that I hadn’t done before. I started from a local town which involved a walk along a road. I will explore the area differently next time from a different start point to avoid the road.