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Monthly Archives: April 2014
A visit to Gloucester Cathedral
Gordon was off to B & Q on Tuesday so I was left to my own devices in Gloucester. I had around an hour or so and decided to fill the time revisiting the cathedral. There are quite a few tombs, the … Continue reading
Pirates!
We were up and about early for the Easter Sunday trip down the 22 locks to Worcester. Not quite awake, it was a bit of a shock to spy a boatload of pirates at the second lock down! Turns out … Continue reading
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Tackling Tardebigge mob handed!
Tardebigge is a flight of locks not to be undertaken lightly. To get to the bottom there’s the 30 locks of the Tardebigge flight itself, then a further 6 in the Stoke flight. In all 36 locks to negotiate to … Continue reading
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Tagged Boat & Railway, nb Caxton, nb Festina Lente, Tardebigge Flight
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A day of three tunnels
Nige and Trina, who had dinner with us on Thursday evening, live in King’s Norton. Despite the fact that they live not more than a few minutes’ walk from the Wast Hill Tunnel they’d never had the chance to go … Continue reading
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Tagged King's Norton, Shortwood Tunnel, Tardebigge Tunnel, Wast Hill Tunnel
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Browsing in Brum
With only one day in Birmingham on this occasion there wasn’t an opportunity to do a great deal but the weather was incredible and we did enjoy a rather aimless wander around the city just taking a look. This statue … Continue reading
Over exposed on the climb into Birmingham
From Curdworth you’ve got to work 27 locks to get up into the centre of Birmingham. CRT volunteers described the area in between as ‘bandit country’ and recommended that the trip be taken in one go. I’m not particularly ‘lock fit’ … Continue reading
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Tagged Aston Flight, Birmingham, Birmingham & Fazeley Canal, Farmer's Bridge Flight
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A couple flights in a couple of days
We’ve done 24 locks in the past two days to get us back down the Atherstone flight and up the Curdworth flight ready for our final assault on the further 27 locks that will get us into the middle of Birmingham. … Continue reading
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We’re off towards Birmingham – after just one more final meal!
When we left Coventry we only travelled as far as Hawkesbury Junction where the Coventry Canal meets the North Oxford. Ray and Diane from nb Ferndale were going to be here and we planned to get together for the very last … Continue reading
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Tagged Ferndale, Hawkesbury Junction, The Greyhound, Tusses Bridge
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Gordon gets a happy hat
The last couple of days have been spent in Coventry where we moored up in the basin. It’s a great spot to moor – close enough to the middle of Coventry to be convenient but far enough out to be pretty … Continue reading
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Tagged Coventry, Coventry Canal Basin, Coventry Indoor Market, The Old Windmill, The Spon Gate
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