11pm: just moored up beyond the Tame Valley Junction – the Walsall Canal looks surprisingly picturesque by night π
We are right on target and have decided on a 5am start so I’ll sign off now and catch up with you all then π
Posted by indigodream on 24 May, 2014
11pm: just moored up beyond the Tame Valley Junction – the Walsall Canal looks surprisingly picturesque by night π
We are right on target and have decided on a 5am start so I’ll sign off now and catch up with you all then π
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9.20pm: Cruising the last leg of the day now – Walsall Canal, lock-free, to Ocker Hill.
The crew is weary now but we’ve had a good day and bang on schedule.
A dawn start should see us right tomorrow π
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It’s actually a nice evening now the thunderstorm has cleared the air.
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7.30pm: Still meandering along the Curly Wyrley (Wyrley & Essington Canal) – it is entirely co-incidental that the crew have found essential jobs indoors while R helms us through an apocalyptic thunderstorm!
We did a risk assessment and reckon it’s safer to be on deck in a thunderstorm than on the bank trying to hammer steel pins into the towpath with a steel mallet, under the trees π
Almost 12 of the 24 hours done – last lock flight of the day to come – dropping down to Walsall then aiming to finish in Ocker Hill.
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D’oh – 3.20pm
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We’ve just picked up a guest hound – this is Pepper π
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2.14pm We’re enjoying the lock-free section – an opportunity to have some hot food and dry out some if the morning’s wet clothes π
The hounds are loving the central heating – they’re really really toasty now π
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