This morning we woke to rain again and indeed started off in the rain but thankfully that fizzled to a drizzle and then stopped. We've motored for about 6 hours just stopping at Bumble Hole (!) to take on more water and deposit our rubbish. Not the most glamorous routes but it served a purpose to get us here. Only one lock at Park Head Junction onto the Dudley no.1 canal but it was really deep and I had to use the "anti vandal" key to unlock the locks, which was a first.
First thing this morning there was a little entertainment on the canal as we notice the boat furthest away from us on the other side has come away from its bow moorings and was across the waterway. No-one seemed to be aware on-board so the first boat that came along gently nudged it out of the way and the guy from the boat behind pulled her back in and moored her securely. Not long into our journey and we noticed that very boat following us so can only imagine they were still on-board but were completely unaware. They passed us at Bumble Hole and we noticed they were a group of youngsters so that could explain a lot!!
Just before Bumble Hole we spent 35 minutes travelling through Netherton Tunnel, nearly 2 miles long, it kept us out of the rain but was incredibly cold! There is the option of Dudley Tunnel of a similar length until we realised that Dudley Tunnel is single file so it's a long wait if there's already a boat coming the other way.
We're moored up now in the Waterfront Development by a Copthorne Hotel and with a Wetherspoons on the other side of the canal so may or may not have a peaceful night! It's a Friday night after all but that said, the temperatures are not conducive to outdoor antics so hopefully everyone will stay indoors!
We had a very early breakfast so treated oursleves to elevenses of a sausage baguette. Naughty but nice!
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