Wed 2nd October 2013
Hopwood
Visitor Moorings to Below lock 58, Tardebigge
6 miles, 1
lock, 1 tunnel
A very slow
start. First past Lower Bittell
Reservoir on a very grey day.
We are
wondering what they are going to build here by the reservoir
We met a
very healthy looking family of cob and pen with six nearly fully grown
cygnets. The latter were not fazed by
Monty, but one of the parents gave a perfunctory hiss.
We pottered
under the M42 yet again. Motorways seem
to be an ever present reminder of the ‘real world’. We have been under the M42 four times and the
M40 twice on this trip. Then on to
Alvechurch visitor moorings
where we
stopped for a pint and lunch at The Weighbridge – a pub renowned for it’s real
ale. They do not allow dogs into the
pub, but there is a good covered seating area outside where we could take
Monty. Just one thing to remember – no
food on Tuesdays and Wednesdays! They
did, however, have a cheese roll and a pork pie, so sustenance was provided.
Through
Shortwood Tunnel
A brief stop
at Anglo Welsh for diesel and rubbish disposal and then to Tardebigge New Wharf
to use the elsan disposal point and down lock 58 to moor before lock 57. Just after we moored this was the view out of
the window – definitely time to stop!
Tomorrow’s
forecast is pretty dire, so we may well hole up and wait until Friday to tackle
the rest of the Tardebigge flight.
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