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Snow joke!

Signs (1) : Long way to go

From Bancroft Basin, Stratford-upon-Avon.

A bridge in Leamington

In warmer days.

Murky water

Going back to August on the Main Line the water may get murky but i like it better than frozen!

Breaking the ice

Farm equipment in the mist

Going back a couple of months to this ghostly early morning image of ..er.. farm equipment alongside the canal.

Freeze continues

White canal

Old and new

Winter along the canal

I've been unwell the last week or so but feel better today and didn't really feel the cold (which is usual for me) so i took some photos along the canal to show just how cold it is. The canal is frozen over as you can see!

Warmer Gower

In warmer times the Gower Branch Canal.

Snow and ice

So Winter has come early, the Tame Valley seemed a bit iced up earlier in the week though Gas Street seems fine today... snow on the towpath though!

Pubs (1) : Lock Dock & Barrel, Leamington Spa

A new occasional series of canal side pubs. This one is in a lovely spot alongside the Grand Union at Leamington Spa.

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At Brownhills.

A badling of ducks

Badling is the collective noun for a group of ducks incase you wondered.

The city centre

Looking toward the NIA.

Junctions (8) : Albion Junction

Where the Gower Branch Canal splits off from the New Main Line.

Looking towards the motorway

Trees doubled

Water a bit low

Tame Valley Canal in Perry Barr earlier in the week, problem with water flow. Fixed now anyway.

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Early morning mist

Jolly Collier Bridge

Motorway, lorry and canal

Tame Valley on a DSLR

Having a play around... i mean learning how to use... the work Digital SLR (Sony DSLR-A200) i took these photos along the Tame Valley canal this lunchtime.

Bodymoor Heath Bridge

From Bodymoor Heath Bridge to Marston Field Bridge

I returned to Bodymoor Heath up by Kingsbury Water Park this misty morning but this time headed along the towpath of the Birmingham & Fazeley Canal in the other direction and went up as far as Marston Field Bridge. And here are the photos.

Brades Staircase Lock, Gower Branch Canal

Along the tracks

Under the motorway

The old main line near Oldbury.

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This boat on the old main line at Oldbury appears to have the nameplate of the Warship class locomotive Druid on it. (Full size)

Glorious reflections

Kingsbury Swivel Bridge

Titford locks

At the start of the Titford Canal.

Once there was a bridge

At one stage what looks to have been a railway bridge once crossed over the canal here.

Wyrley and Essington 25/09/10

This morning i headed up to Brownhills for my second trip to the Wyrley & Essington Canal, this time i went in the other direction in the direction of Cannock and so on. Of course i took many pics, the water of this canal is quite clear and on a sunny day like today you get some great reflections.

Crossing over

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At Leamington Spa.

A bit rusty

Grand Union at Leamington Spa

We went down to Leamington Spa today and of course the Grand Union passes through the town so i took a few photos along the canal (and the river Leam). Its a nice spot, i think i might come back soon and give the canal here a more thorough examination.

Toll Islands (1) : Salford Junction

At the beginning of the Tame Valley.

Heading towards Oldbury

On the Old Main Line.

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Unicorn and friends at Bancroft Basin, Stratford-upon-Avon.

Mind the edge

The Wednesbury Old Canal has a lot of reeds and other water vegetation at the sides, its not clear exactly where the towpath ends and the water begins, so take care!

Gower Branch Canal

The Gower Branch Canal is a nice little canal that links the old and new Main Lines. It is only a half of a mile long and runs from Albion to Brades Hall Junctions. One notable feature about it is the so-called staircase lock at Brades Hall.

Railway Bridge (2)

The train just leaving Stratford-upon-Avon.

Railway Bridge (1)

I like photos where a train runs over the canal (via a bridge of course). I've managed to take a couple lately, here is one of a train on the main line going over the Main Line.

Duck mooring

Looks like they are waiting for a boat.