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| Inside Church |
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| Whittington Church |
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| Millennium Window |
Yesterday (Thursday) we stayed put and just as well as although it was dry and sunny, it was blowing a hoolie. We went out for a walk
along the towpath to the village of Whittington. We walked up to the church to do a cache and
as the church was open, we had a look inside, it was /a nice church, quite
small inside. We then went in one of the
pubs, the Dog Inn for a drink, then called in at the Co-op and made our way
back along the canal to the boat. We
chilled out for the rest of the day.
Today (Friday) we are
on the move, travelling about 4miles!
The sun was
shining and the wind had dropped, thank goodness, as we set off along the
canal, it was quite busy today, one boat in front of us and one behind, a bit
of a convoy!
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| Old Wryley & Essington Canal |
We passed Huddlesford
Junction where the Wryley & Essington canal used to join the Coventry. This section was 7 miles long, had 30 locks
and was opened in 1797. It has long
since been abandoned although it is being restored, but taking a long
time. The first part is now used for
moorings by the Lichfield Cruising Club.
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| Stone Marker |
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| Bridge with Number - Coventry Canal |
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| Bridge with Name - B'ham & Fazley Canal |
We chugged
on along the canal and on this section there is a stone marker which
marks a strange point on this canal where the Coventry Canal becomes the
Birmingham & Fazeley Canal . This came about as the Coventry
Canal Company ran out of money at Fazeley and the Birmingham & Fazeley
Canal Company continued the canal onto Whittington. The Trent &
Mersey Company built a linking arm from Fradley to Whittington which was later
bought by the Coventry Canal Company thus becoming a detached section of their
canals. This oddity can be clearly seen
when travelling along the canal as only the Coventry canal's bridges are
numbered. The bridges on the Birmingham
& Fazeley canal have names. So
technically until we reach the junction we are now on the Birmingham &
Fazeley canal.
We
went on, past a large wood which is the Whittington Firing Ranges and moored up
at Hopwas.
We
had lunch then went out to do a circular walk around Hopwas doing some caches
on the way. It took us down a few lanes
and along the canal, it was a nice walk and we found some of the caches but not
all of them.
We
are staying here tonight and also tomorrow as we are catching the bus to
Tamworth to do some shopping.
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| Moored at Hopwas |
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