Wednesday the 20th was spent at our nice mooring at the top of the Tardebigge locks. Robin painted bits of the boat which have been battered and we dried washing on our new airer on the front deck - carefully tied on this time. A day resting our backs and enjoying the sunshine. We were next to a field of ewes with their lambs which were noisy, but in a nice way :)
Thursday we went the few miles to Alvechurch where Jo will be picked up tomorrow evening for a days work on Saturday. Only the one deep lock at Tardebigge (and no more now until we are past the centre of Birmingham) and two tunnels. In the middle of the Tardebigge tunnel there is no brick lining, just hard rock that has been cut through. Quite a job with the limited technology of the time. The rock was red, like much of the soil around here.
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| You can just make out the rocky sides in the depths of Tardebeigge tunnel. |
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| As we near the end the brick lining reappears. |
We'll stay around here for the weekend. After our failed attempt to bypass Birmingham on the River Severn to get to Wales, our route will now be though the city via the famous Gas Street basin (the centre of the English canal network) and Wolverhampton. First stop Bourneville (of Cadbury fame), on Monday.
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