Chasewater
From the car park, go past the Innovation Centre and adjoining café down to the shore of the reservoir, and turn right. Bend left around the corner of the reservoir, and follow the tarmac path along the top of the concrete dam. At its end, drop to the right, off the path, to join the road running round to the left, towards Chase Sailing Club.
After 220yds (201m), as the road turns hard left, carry straight on along a wide gravel track, following cycle route signs. Keep following this track around, ignoring a path to the left, then forking left alongside the busy A5195 road. The wide path is sometimes gravel, sometimes tarmac. It passes to the left of some sports pitches, then bends right to pass alongside what looks like a pond but is in fact a corner of the reservoir. Finally it turns away from the reservoir, with a small stream on its left, to reach Chasewater Heaths Station.
Don’t cross to the station, but stay on the wide tarmac path as it veers left, back towards the reservoir. It crosses open heath, to rejoin the railway at the start of its causeway across the north end of the reservoir. Turn left, alongside the railway, to cross the causeway.
Turn left on a wide dirt path along the shoreline. There are some carved picnic benches along this shoreline if you want to stop for a rest or a bite to eat, or just to watch the world go by. The sound of the steam train is carried across the water. The shoreline itself is reinforced by the roots of the tough willow trees that grow there.
The path becomes tarmac as you pass to the left of Brownhills West Station, then pass around to the right of the Chasewater Watersports Centre at the reservoir corner. Bear left off the main tarmac path to join a well-made gravel one along the shoreline. This path even ventures out on decking across the water of a tiny bay, before arriving at a swan pond just in front of the Innovation Centre. Pass around (or through) the Innovation Centre to the car park.
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