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| In Tardebigge Top Lock |
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| Commemorative Plaque |
It was pouring with rain when we got up this morning, so we
decided to stay put and hopefully if the forecast was right, it would have gone
over by midday. It did brighten up after
we had our lunch and the sun came out, so we decided to chug on. Just up from where we were moored was
Tardebigge Top Lock, so up through there we went. At the top of the lock a little way along on
the non towpath side there is a plaque commemorating the founding of the Inland
Waterways Association (IWA) in 1946 by L.T.C. Rolt and Robert Aickman aboard
the nb Cressy, which moored there.
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| In Tardebigge Tunnel |
We stopped at the services to fill up with water, get rid of
the rubbish, etc, then on we went into Tardebigge Tunnel, 580 yds long. The tunnel does not have a towpath and until
the turn of the century a company tug used to pull all boats through.
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| Passing a Heron |
Soon we were out of the tunnel and it was spitting with
rain, we stopped just up from there to get diesel and as we were just coming
into moor, the heavens opened and it poured down, I stayed in the boat, but
poor Kev was on the towpath and got wet, it only lasted a few minutes but it
was very heavy, if only we had been in the tunnel a few minutes more! We filled up with diesel and soon were on our
way again and the sun came out.
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| In Shortwood Tunnel |
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| Almost out of Shortwood Tunnel |
On up the canal and soon we were in Shortwood Tunnel, 613
yds long. We were soon through there and
on up the canal past Alvechurch, under the M42 bridge and soon we were at
Hopwood where we moored. It is a nice spot here and there is a nice pub
nearby!
We are going to stay here tomorrow as well as the forecast
is not too good, don’t want to risk getting wet again!
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| Moored at Hopwood |
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