As I have mentioned before we don't want to tackle the Wolverhampton and Birmingham suburbs at the weekend so our original plan was to go up the Wolverhampton 21 on Monday, however the weather forecast has meant a change of plans.
I walked to the shop before we left to pick up milk, bread and bacon, then back to the boat for bacon sandwiches before we left. There were a few hire boats about, I feel a bit sorry for them when the weather is bad. Our journey was uneventful, not as lucky as last time, we met three boats at bridge holes and one at the Stretton Aqueduct which slowed us down a bit but we weren't going far anyway. We reached Brewood in time to watch the Singapore Grand Prix, and before the rain started. At the moment the rain is persistent but not too heavy but it is forecast to be a lot worse tomorrow. Tuesday might be better, I'll wait and see! At the moment Wednesday is forecast to be awful too!
Our revised plan is to stay here for a couple of days and watch the rain, possibly move to the junction with the Staffs and Worcester on Tuesday then sit and watch the rain again on Wednesday! It looks as if Thursday will be the first day when I would contemplate tackling 21 locks!
I've managed to finish the rag rug I've been making from old jeans, terrible pun warning, I suppose you could say that it is 'jeans ethically modified'. Well, I did warn you! It looks rather good actually.
Two days of rain watching will probably inspire more creativity!
Today's journey 3 miles and 1 lock
So far this year we have travelled 637.6 miles, 512 locks, 49 swing bridges, 23 lift bridges and 25 tunnels
In 2011 we travelled 461.4 miles, 444 locks, 3 swing bridges, 34 lift bridges and 15 tunnels
During 2010 we travelled 740.3 miles, 642 locks, 53 swing bridges, 4 lift bridges and 25 tunnels
Since Ray retired we have travelled 1839.3 miles 1598 locks, 105 swing bridges, 61 lift bridges and 65 tunnels
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