Started the day on the Stourbridge Canal just before the Stourton 4 locks. A really lovely stretch of the canal. Leisurely start @ 11.00am after a full english breakfast! After 4 locks we turn left onto the Staffs & Woofs, another delightful stretch. Lots of photo opportunities. Met an elderely couple on the boat behind us "Joli" - himself is 80 and has trouble with Arthtitis. The canal goes through their sons's land so they moor their boat there. They have just moved from a 16 bed house to a 6 bed house so it's quite a crush when family come to stay so they stay on their boat!!
Enterprising lock cottage selling cupcakes. 50p each into an honesty box, very nice thank you!
Kinver is very pretty in fact the whole stretch is very welcome after the rather industrial sprawl of the Birmingham area. We've moored for the night just before bridge 20 / Wolverly Lock. England play in the quarter finals of the Euros tongiht and just incase we can't get a signal on the telly in the boat, we've moored near a pub. We're about a mile from Kidderminster. Tomorrow's plan is to go through Kidderminster & Stourport & stop on the Severn. Day ends with a G&T, some Doritos and a beautiful blue sky.
Little duckling family come to visit. so gorgeous and there is always one of the ducklings is always just a little bit further away than the rest of the flock. We refer to this one as Nick as he was always just infront or just behind but never with us!
And finally at 10.15 we hear the chug chug of an engine going past us and then the sound of heavy rock music! Fantastic! Never seen anyone travelling in the dark before with headlight blazing. I'm sure they had some fists shaken at them at this time of night but it was so funny! Very dangerous at locks though. Go them, how exciting!
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