We have managed to avoid most of the heavy showers over the last two days. Todays forecast was heavy rain and strong winds but it was only cloudy at 8am. So we set off through Penkridge and stopped for a few bits at Midland Chandlers by bridge 90 and as no rain, continued. The sky started to darken so we decided to stop just past Acton Trussell and before bridge 94 at 12.05. The rain came at 13.00 and we are now having heavy showers at regular intervals- result!
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| A Heron on its "Perch" |
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| BB coming out of Stop Lock at Autherley Junction under the bridge and onto the Staffs & Worcester Canal |
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| Looking back to the bridge we have just come under,straight down is Stourport. |
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| We are now on a Brindley canal which was built earlier than the Shroppie and it has a completely different feel about it. We are going through the Pendleford Rockin (old boaters term) narrows which has been cut through an area of solid sandstone and has passing places |
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| Another fine lock building, this time its an old toll clerks office, the "round house" at Gailey Lock which is now a canal craft shop |
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| Another boat name of interest |
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| Another old junction this time with the Hatherton Branch ( goes off to the left) abandoned in the early 1950's when coal traffic finished. |
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| Just after we had stopped we had this sudden heavy rain shower. |
