1/ I advise a trip to Frankley Beeches. This is a little known service station on the M6 north of brum. If you have a look at an O.S. map of the area you'll see a small country road that runs along the top of bank behind the services. Somewhere along there, again 20 years ago, I found carrier bags full of the largest mushrooms you've ever seen, BIG like an inch across the cap!! What were they like? 12 reduced me to a gibbering heap, Ok no change there but they were GOOD!!!
2/ In the little town of Kenilworth, 5kms south of Coventry. Head to the
leisure centre. A horse field runs alongside the soccer fields. Access is from the far end
of the furthest soccer pitch where a public footpath runs across. The field is large and
many pickers use it, but in season there are plenty to go round. Farmer and horses seem
quite relaxed about the whole scene - guess they're high as well...
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Sutton Park in the West Midlands in the heathland / grass areas.
Stafford
1) Stafford Castle
off the A518 - All
around the Mott & Bailey,
usually plenty in the fields surrounding esp. if cows have spent the year on
there.
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2) Hopton Pools -
Opposite the Staffordshire County Showground
- All fields used to have huge yields until the pasture was dug up and
fertilised,
however the area around the pools themselves still produce between 100 - 1000
per day when it kicks off.
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3) River Penk Floodplains
- Between the Radford Inn (Stafford)
and Penkridge Market (Penkridge)
check all fields as they have cows all year round...
different years produce varying amount anywhere.. (this stretch is approx 5
miles long)