Curdworth to Tyburn. 3 Locks.





This was yesterday evening which was absolutely glorious, so we did it justice.
Well........It would have been rude not to.

Plan "A"

Today was going to be quite a short day as we wanted to leave our moorings a bit later than usual after a lazy breakfast, do a bit of shopping in the absolutely enormous Asda/Walmart superstore that is around here and move up close ready to do the twenty four locks into Birmingham tomorrow.

Plan "B" came along in the shape of sixty fishermen traipsing past the boat very early indeed and fetching up all along the towpath. We had one on our stern rope and one on our bow as we seemed to be right in the middle of the pegs.

When does the competition start? asked I of the stern rope man, In half an hour says he.

Onward!



When you consider that we are very, very close to the heart of Birmingham, these fields remind me of the American Plains. You just need half a dozen combine harvesters romping along to finish the picture off.





This sign got us both thinking, that is a lock beam and it is on its normal plateau so why would a no parking sign be there? Would it be for a lazy crew member, or perhaps it could be for ..........the P should give it away.




Anyway, we got to the superstore in the end which turned out to be the biggest store we have ever been in, it was so huge it actually took us longer to walk around it than to get to it, and we were moored quite a long way away.

Birmingham City Centre tomorrow, fingers crossed.

Until then....................