Thursday/ Friday 16/17 April 09. Wolverly to Kinver 2 Locks 1 Tunnel.

On Thursday we stayed put again as the rain was falling quite hard and as I have said before I am allergic to rain, it makes me wet.

So just as we slipped away from the side on Friday morning it started to rain, this then very quickly turned into a hail storm, at this point D disappeared into the engine room again saying something about the kettle as she went.

This really is a tortuous piece of canal to navigate, full of blind corners and U bends at one point I'm sure we passed the bow going the other way!

Lots of this red Sandstone lining the cut and looking very dramatic in places. Just enough room for two boats through here, I do mean just!



This was the entrance to our first lock of the day, it is called Debdale and is in the Nicholson as a very pretty lock. It is nice and the approach is great but the lock cottage looks quite sad now.

This doorway leads into a cavern carved out of the sandstone which was used as a stable to overnight the horses. It was surprisingly large and very dark in there.

Our tunnel for the day was the Cookly Tunnel, this one really is no more than a long bridge but it did have a tow path along its length. Only one boat at a time through here.

We stopped at a Village named Kinver for lunch and a walk around. It has turned out so nice here we have decided to stay until tomorrow.

We will have to move on though come rain or shine in the morning as the moorings are only for twenty four hours.

So until then..................