Here I am Rune
Distance 3 miles
Total 808 Locks 37 Tunnels
Running total mileage 1224.4miles
We got as far as the Tat Bank Branch along the Titford Canal
before I decided I’d had enough of the rain and constantly getting stuff
wrapped around the propeller, so we stopped here for the night. The mooring is
outside the pumping station which is also home to the Birminghan Canal
Navigation Society, whose advice sheet we have been using to find the moorings
around the BCN. The plan is now to go down to Titford Pools tomorrow then come
back here to moor again for the night and then return back down the flight of
locks on Wednesday. Whilst this is quite a heavily industrialised area the
mooring itself seems OK. We are behind a secure compound so shouldn’t get
disturbed by anyone.
The only criticism I’d have is that the building with the
facilities isn’t very well marked. There are a number of doors to the building,
none of which my BW key would fit. There was one other door which wasn’t locked
but I couldn’t seem to get to open. Speaking with a guy called Phil who is
moored here he advised me that the unlocked door is the one containing the
facilities (no actual marking on the door) and to get it to open it is
necessary to give the bottom of the door a bit of a kicking. At least now I
know!
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