That was a stark contrast. Two days ago we were in probably the roughest area of our trip. Since then we’ve left the gritty cityscape behind and entered the countryside. The weather continues to be brilliant, sunny and comfortable. I wore shorts today.
The canal has gotten straighter and wider as well. The controlling width is now 14 ft. Easy peasy, but a little dull. Fortunately there’s always something of interest while burbling along. Lots of birds, and a few more boats and people along the canal.
We’re now here at the top of a flight of 21 locks going down into Warwick. If we’re lucky there will be volunteers to help tomorrow. We had a team take us down a short flight of 5 locks earlier today.
Photos from yesterday coming out of Birmingham
And today
Boating Adventures 