Canal Boating Oct 2020

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Reiziger Canal Boating Oct 2020
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- 27 okt. 2020 21:00
- ⛅ 8 °C
- Hoogte: 45 m
- Engeland North Warwickshire District Bodymoor Heath 52.5742, -1.7034752°34’27” N 1°42’12” W
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Kingsbury
27 oktober 2020, Engeland ⋅ ⛅ 8 °C
The weather was terrible today: at best, grey and overcast and at worst, heavy rain. Thankfully we hadn't planned to go far. A lazy start meant we could have breakfast in the Red Lion before moving just half hour down the road from where we walked to a retail park and a garden centre. A little further again brought us to Fazeley Junction where we took a right towards Birmingham for the first time, and I hopped off to do a 5km run. The weather was terrible for the first part of the run making it challenging underfoot. I slipped and fell on the bank before the weather cleared up for the final stretch, taking me to the first of the Curdworth 11 locks. A brief walk from here was the Dog and Doublet pub for a restorative first-run pint!

In the evening, we walked along the River Tame into Kingsbury, popping into the Royal Oak for a drink and the Coop to buy tea. Darkness had descended by the time we walked back but the bright moon made the river and water park look fabulous as it reflected off the water.Meer informatie
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- 28 okt. 2020 20:00
- ⛅ 8 °C
- Hoogte: 83 m
- Engeland Lichfield District Curborough Coventry Canal 52.72068, -1.8006752°43’14” N 1°48’2” W
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Fradley Junction
28 oktober 2020, Engeland ⋅ ⛅ 8 °C
We left Kingsbury after a lazy morning, knowing we didn't need to get too far today. The morning was beautifully autumnal, albeit a little cold but at least with sunshine. We trundled back past the RSPB wetland reserve and under Drayton footbridge where I hopped off to take some photos of its towers and spiral staircases. I walked to Fazeley Junction to catch up with the boat through leaf-strewm towpaths of browns, yellows and reds.

As we approached Hopwas for the fourth, and final, time, I changed into my running gear and started running for the third time alongside the rifle ranges to Whittington. From Bridge 80 we walked into town to the Dog Inn for a drink and some cake, before setting off for the final 90 minutes to Fradley Junction.

Through the two western locks here as the sun set, we moored up for the night and popped into the Swan for some drinks and for dinner.Meer informatie
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- 29 okt. 2020 15:36
- ☁️ 13 °C
- Hoogte: 76 m
- Engeland Colwich 52.7803, -1.9708852°46’49” N 1°58’15” W
Dag 13
Wolseley
29 oktober 2020, Engeland ⋅ ☁️ 13 °C
Before we left Fradley, I cooked a full English to set us up for the day, and headed for the first lock. From here, rather than jumping back on the boat, mum and I walked canalside for about three miles, detouring through Handsacre and Armitage to a fantastic bakery.

We pushed on to Wolseley where we popped back into the antique shops and I purchased a superb wooden jointed rabbit (and mum bought a dragonfly which would caught controversy!). At the Wolseley Arms pub, we had a few drinks and some dinner, before returning to the boat to work through the gin we had brought with us but were yet to touch!Meer informatie
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- 30 okt. 2020 09:45
- ☁️ 14 °C
- Hoogte: 89 m
- Engeland Stafford District Shugborough 52.7919, -2.0211952°47’31” N 2°1’16” W
Dag 14
Shugborough
30 oktober 2020, Engeland ⋅ ☁️ 14 °C
We split up this morning, with Ben and I departing the boat at 8am for an hour's walk to the Shugborough National Trust estate. Mum and Kev stayed behind with the boat to visit the antique shops in Wolseley and buy a rabbit of their own.

The walk up the canalside in the early morning sunshine was lovely, and we visited the Essex Bridge at Greater Haywood, the oldest surviving packhorse bridge in the UK apparently. We took some time to play with our cameras taking photos at the bridge before walking through to the estate itself. COVID regulations meant an annoying myriad of one way or locked routes (annoying only as it seemed to serve little purpose to the prevention of spreading the disease), but we walked through and up to Hadrian's Arch under a threatening sky. Here we played some more with the cameras and then walked back down to the walled garden. The Head Gardener's house is stunning, if sadly disused, but the produce here was extensive and we took some deliciously fresh blackberries.

A call from mum informed us not only that they had moored up near us, but also that Kev had managed to fall in to the canal (although understanding why took work given her hysterical laughter!).

We wandered up the canal to the Canalside Farm Shop and Cafe where we had a well-deserved breakfast. The farm shop sells the most lovely looking food so I bought a few cakes for the final day before we went back to the boat to head for Stone.Meer informatie
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Fradley Junction

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