Today: 1 lock
Grand total: 218 locks
Grand total: 218 locks
To go: 61 locks
No locks today just cruising, The Stratford Canal was one of my favourite canals of the journey as it seemed a little quieter than some of the other canals and felt like it was little changed from its original state.
Lock number 1 (a Guillotine Lock) marked the eend of the Stratford Canal, this lock was there to protect canal companies water supplies back in the day!
Guillotine Lock and Kings Norton Junction
The next major landmark was wast hill tunnel, over a mile and a half of tunnel!
Wast Hill Tunnel - 'tis long!
And now a lot more cruising along, there were no locks until I reached Tardebrigge Flight so it was a flat out cruise. Reaching Tardebrigge I checked out the moorings above and bellow the locks and decided to drop down past Tardebrigge top lock to the second set of moorings. The top lock is another of the deepest in the country at 11 ft deep.
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