The sun was shining this morning and it was really warm for this time
of year. We set off along the canal,
under the M42 and on past Alvechurch. We
were just going around a bend and past a moored boat, well we thought it was
moored when it pulled out right in front of us, they then lost control and went
hurtling across the canal and almost hit a boat moored on the other side, the
woman was steering, she shouted and her husband grabbed the tiller and just
managed to straighten the boat but the back of his boat glanced the moored
boat, why they didn’t wait until we had gone past, god only knows and then the
whole situation could have been avoided, they were going along really slowly in
front of us, then he pulled over and beckoned us to overtake, very
strange!!
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| Entering Shortwood Tunnel |
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| Leaving Shortwood Tunnel |
On down the canal we went and then we were at Shortwood Tunnel, it is 613
yds long, in we went and was soon at the other end, on along we went and
stopped at Anglo-Welsh to get some diesel, its really easy to stop there and it
was a good price. We also bought an
ice-cream, then we went on our way.
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| Entering Tardebigge Tunnel |
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| Coming out Tardebigge Tunnel |
We then came to Tardebigge Tunnel, this tunnel is 580 yds, in we went
and was soon out the other side. We then
stopped at the services for water, etc.
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| Entering Tardebigge Top Lock |
On we went to the top of the Tardebigge locks, we went through the first
one and moored before the next lock. We
are staying here tonight then tackling the flight, all 29 of them tomorrow,
something to look forward to!!
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| Moored at Tardebigge |
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