Woke at 0700 to sunshine. Scrambled egg on toast all round for breakfast. Turned boat and took on water. Steve is a very keen photographer with some quite fancy gear. Some of the following pictures and yesterdays pictures are by Steve.
So we retraced our steps back to the junction with the Stratford canal at Kings Norton. Today though we had a more interesting time passing through the tunnels meeting two boats in Wast Hill.
Its difficult to convey the impression of meeting another boat in the depths of a long tunnel and obviously, because its dark, photographs dont really show up the situation The picture above shows a boat coming towards us in the depths of Wast Hill and what you see in the photograph is about what you see steering the boat. The white bit is the light on the oncoming boat.. Of course you have no idea wether the oncoming boat has a experienced person on the tiller or not, All you can see is an oncoming headlight. There is no towpath, the tunnel walls rise shere from the water. ?The glare form the oncoming light means you cant see what the oncoming boat is. Added to this is the magnified sound of th boat engines -its really quite an experience!
But we survived and continued on towards Kings Norton. Bernadette and Steve had a go at steering.
I had forgotton how restricted in width and by other moored boats the Stratford canal is. So we were soon running a little behind schedule. Steve did the famous Shirley drawbridge.
A guy in the adjacent pub said "Where you going"
"Tewksbury" I replied.
"How long will that take"
"We hope to be there by the 1st October" said I thinking that sounded reasonable. The guy and his mates strted rolling about laughing!
Tied up at Hockley Heath at 1720. Steve and Bernadette caught the X20 back to Birmingham and I am catching up writing the blog!
Joanne had a day out with our John at Tintern Abbey.
Do I go on on my own tomorrow or stay put and have a rest day. I truly dont know at this moment!
But we survived and continued on towards Kings Norton. Bernadette and Steve had a go at steering.
I had forgotton how restricted in width and by other moored boats the Stratford canal is. So we were soon running a little behind schedule. Steve did the famous Shirley drawbridge.
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| Shirley Drawbridge |
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| Steve at the controls of the Shirley Drawbridge |
"Tewksbury" I replied.
"How long will that take"
"We hope to be there by the 1st October" said I thinking that sounded reasonable. The guy and his mates strted rolling about laughing!
Tied up at Hockley Heath at 1720. Steve and Bernadette caught the X20 back to Birmingham and I am catching up writing the blog!
Joanne had a day out with our John at Tintern Abbey.
Do I go on on my own tomorrow or stay put and have a rest day. I truly dont know at this moment!
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