Day 8 – Friday 13 July 2007 Fradley to Minsworth 18 miles and 11 locks 9:10am – 16:15pm
We wanted to get off early this morning, but after starting my breakfast at 8:30am and reading some emails I found it was getting on. A boat passed at 9:00am, and so I left it a little while before following. It was raining all day today, and never really stopped. I stopped at Streethay, but at 57p a litre (advertised in gallons!), I only bought £20 worth to keep us going. A boat passed us while waiting for the fuel, and it didn't take to long to catch him up again – however he wasn't the major problem – just through Huddlesford we caught up to a really slow boat (less than 3mph), and he didn't try to overtake. After what seems like ages in the rain, they finally pulled over at Howpas (I tried to say hello, but they didn't look up). Once into the B+F, we were finally free to do our own speed again, and had some luck (finally) with the locks. We didn't feel like continuing into Birmingham in the rain, so stopped at the very noisy (because of the road more than anything) Kingsley Pub near Minsworth. -- Michael Askin http://shoestring_DOT_zapto_DOT_org/ Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/canals-list/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/canals-list/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
