UK 2004 warwichshire extract
Tardebigge flight

Tardebigge flightBeware hamsters at Tardebigge
Tardebigge

Tardebigge How not to moor in a short lock pound. Every time the lock below was filled the boat tipped 10 degrees!
Tardebigge

TardebiggeNavigating round moored boats
Tardebigge

Tardebigge Panorama of the Tardebigge reservoir and the canal.
Tardebigge

TardebiggeReservoir cottage
Worcester and Birmingham Canal

Worcester and Birmingham Canal Boatyard
Tardebigge Tunnel

Tardebigge TunnelEntering the Tardebigge Tunnel
Tardebigge Tunnel

Tardebigge Tunnel Strange obstruction, presumably for Halloween
Tardebigge Tunnel

Tardebigge TunnelStrange obstruction moored in the middle of Tardebigge Tunnel
Tardebigge Tunnel

Tardebigge Tunnel The end
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Worcester and Birmingham Canal

Worcester and Birmingham Canal Autumnal colours
Kings Norton Junction

Kings Norton JunctionToll Cottage
Kings Norton

Kings Norton Guillotine stop lock on to Stratford Canal
Kings Norton Junction

Kings Norton JunctionThe guillotine stop lock on Stratford Canal
Stratford Canal

Stratford Canal Disused swing bridge
Brandwood Tunnel

Brandwood TunnelDetail over the tunnel portal.
Stratford Canal

Stratford Canal Pair of hotle boats
Bridge 8 Stratford Canal

Bridge 8 Stratford CanalThe end of the road (well canal) for today. The lift bridge is broken and the last passage waas at 4pm, so we're stuck here until tomorrow morning.
Stratford Canal

Stratford Canal Bright and early the next morning, the BW man arrived to operate the bridge. It was open for all the boats that had accumulated overnight to go through, so annoyed several motorists by the extended delay to their commute.
Stratford Canal

Stratford Canal
Stratford Canal

Stratford Canal
Stratford Canal

Stratford CanalLapworth Locks
Stratford Canal

Stratford Canal Lapworth Locks
Stratford Canal

Stratford CanalKingswood Junction with Grand Union Canal. In fact you can go round in a triangle at this junction, going up and then down a lock as you go.
Grand Union Canal

Grand Union Canal Branch from Kingswood Jct turns sharp left onto main Grand Union.
Grand Union Canal

Grand Union CanalBut we did it.
Grand Union Canal

Grand Union Canal Knowle Locks
Grand Union Canal

Grand Union CanalKnowle locks paddle gear (operated by Chris)
Grand Union Canal

Grand Union Canal Sometimes tying narrow boats together for wide locks doesn't quite work! The wind was gusting very stronly.
Grand Union Canal

Grand Union Canal
Grand Union Canal

Grand Union Canal Another incinerator plant
Digbeth Branch

Digbeth Branch
Birmingham & Fazely Canal

Birmingham & Fazely Canal Junction with Grand Union
Birmingham & Fazely Canal

Birmingham & Fazely CanalChris & Graffitti
Birmingham & Fazely Canal

Birmingham & Fazely Canal
Birmingham & Fazely Canal

Birmingham & Fazely Canal
Birmingham & Fazely Canal

Birmingham & Fazely Canal
Birmingham & Fazely Canal

Birmingham & Fazely CanalWell, almost
Birmingham & Fazely Canal

Birmingham & Fazely Canal A bit of the tunnel "fell" on the roof
Birmingham & Fazely Canal

Birmingham & Fazely CanalApproaching Birmingham
Birmingham & Fazely Canal

Birmingham & Fazely Canal Farmers Bridge flight - under the BT Tower
Birmingham & Fazely Canal

Birmingham & Fazely CanalLocks ubder the BT Tower and associated buildings
Birmingham & Fazely Canal

Birmingham & Fazely Canal
Birmingham & Fazely Canal

Birmingham & Fazely Canal
Map of the centre

Map of the centre
Birmingham & Fazely Canal

Birmingham & Fazely CanalTop of the Farmers Bridge flight - they were building this last time we came by
Birmingham & Fazely Canal

Birmingham & Fazely Canal
Birmingham & Fazely Canal

Birmingham & Fazely CanalCarolyn working hard
Birmingham & Fazely Canal

Birmingham & Fazely Canal Roundabout just East of Gas St
Birmingham

BirminghamView from the "Birmingham Eye"
Birmingham

Birmingham