Sunday 13th August 2023
It rained! We left our overnight mooring at about 10.00 am amd entered Birmingham, City Centre, mooring at the services just befiore the Mailbox to await the rest of the fleet. We wer there to highlight the need of adequate funding to keep the canals in gooid repair and as an national heritage asset and leisure resource.
We wer one of over 40 noats that gathered, sounded thir horns and listened to Zoom presentaions form the IWA Chailrman, Les Everidge, CRT Chief Exec, Richard Parry and others.
The weather did not encourage much interest from the tow-path but ITV was there and interviewed The Best Mate for their report on Midlands Today.
After the event we decided to cruise w=away form the city centre.
We motoored down the Main Line to Tipton Factory Locks. Here we were slowed by debris in the locks but were caught up by nb Little Owl who also was seeling an overnight mooring out iof town. He opicked up a coil of wire on his prop and needed some assistance as he is a single hander. We aited and them the two boats made thir way to Dudley tunnel entrance to moor overnight on the moorings adjacent to the Back Country open air Museum.
We ate on board with the skippper of Littel Owl as our guest.
12 Miles, 3 locks, 6 hours
Monday 14th August 2023
Rain persisted so we cancelled our planned visit to the museum and moved on to a lovely mooring at Tividale Quays, the ex Dudley Port. We wer welcomed by the chaiman of the liocalk angling society who was genuinely pleased to see us. From here we returned to Moor Streeet Station by bus and caught a train back home.
1 mile, 1 hour
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