Boats on the canal (130)

Potter About at Stourbridge.

Pubs (25) : The Moorings, Stourbridge

Next to the end of the Town Arm.

Neville Garrant Footbridge

Near the end of the Town Arm.

Arms (17) : Iron Works Arm

Entrance to the now closed Iron Works Arm.

Bonded Warehouse

This week's theme is the Town Arm of the Stourbridge Canal, starting with the Bonded Warehouse.

Butlers Bridge

In Erdington.

Mooring

On a misty morning.

Curdworth Church Bridge

Some bridge names are a bit esoteric, this one is fairly straightforward though.

Bodymoor Heath Bridge

On a misty morning.

The Birmingham & Fazeley

This week's theme is the canal i can see from my front window! The Birmingham & Fazeley Canal which runs between Birmingham and er.. Fazeley. Starting with this view at Curdworth (nowhere near my front window)...

Canal Maintenance (16) : Dignity

At Stratford.

Feeding the birds

The birds are always hungry in Stratford, especially on a Winter day.

Excavation

Water Lily carrying an excavator at Stratford.

Without A Motor (18)

Transport barges at Stratford.

Bancroft Basin in the snow

This week's theme is the Bancroft Basin of the Stratford Canal which i visited at the weekend, some photos of the canal in a (bit) of snow.

Pumping Stations (5) : Langley Mill

At the end of the canal.

Lea Shaw Bridge

Near Whatstandwell.

Signposts (11) : Crich Chase

Next to the Cromford Canal between Whatstandwell and Ambergate.

Boatyards (4) : Langley Mill

The only part of the Cromford Canal connected to the rest of the canal network.

Cromford again

This week's theme is the Cromford Canal again, starting at Cromford itself.

Lifeboats (4)

Another proud preserved ex-lifeboat.

Lifeboats (3) : RNLB Dorothy and Philip Constant

Another preserved boat at Gloucester.

Aberystwyth Lifeboat Station

The RNLI station has been established since 1861.

Lifeboats (2) : RNLB Richard Vernon and Mary Garforth of Leeds

Preserved boat at Gloucester.

Lifeboats (1) : Blue Peter 1

This week's theme is the RNLI and the lifeboats that save so many lives around the British Isles. Starting with the Atlantic 75 boat B-779 Blue Peter I at Gloucester.

Reflections

Although the canal is much reduced it still has an enjoyable towpath walk.

Marker

Looking like a Google Maps pin made real or a giant bottle opener this marker shows where this stretch of Sankey Canal ends.

Sankey Bridge 29

Another dead end, a railway bridge which still bears LNWR signs.

Dead end

Now a dead end at a bridge.

Sankey Canal

This week's theme is the Sankey Canal at St Helens, once the key point of the canal (such that the canal was also known as the St Helens Canal) but now the canal is much depleted and just consists of two disjointed parts of waterways though there are plans to restore it. The full photos set can be seen here.

Lapworth Lock 23

Another lock, at Lapworth.

Pubs (24) : Fleur de Lys

At Lowsonford.

M40 Motorway Bridge 39A

Crossing the canal just South of Lapworth.

Boats on the canal (129)

Near Lowsonford.

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Preston Bagot Bottom Lock 38

This week's theme is the Stratford Canal between Lapworth and Wootton Wawen, starting with this lock about half way.

Pubs (23) : The Boat, Berkhamsted

There are a number of canal side pubs in this part of town.

Grand Junction Canal

Before this stretch of canal was part of the Grand Union it was the Grand Junction Canal, as is still proudly displayed on the side of Ravens Lane Bridge 142.

Boats on the canal (128)

In Berkhamsted.

Turnovers (3) : Bank Mill Bridge 143

Lets change over to the other bank. In Berkhamsted.

Grand Union through Berkhamsted

This week's theme is the Grand Union Canal as it passes through Berkhamsted.

Basins (8) : Langley

What was the end of the Nottingham Canal is now a basin.

Boats on the canal (147)

At Langley Mill.

The view from Eastwood Bridge

Down the Erewash Canal.

Junctions (36) : Langley

Where the three canals meet. The former toll house at the head of the Nottingham Canal can be seen behind the narrowboat here.

Langley Mill

This week's theme is the latest photoshoot at Langley Mill where the Erewash Canal meets the stubs that mark the Cromford and Nottingham Canals (they both have surviving stretches elsewhere of course). The photos can be seen here.

Bishopton Lock 51

Lock 51.

Boats on the canal (146)

Departing Stratford-upon-Avon.

Chaleybeate Bridge 63

In Bishopton.

Ye old Maccy Dee

Stratford-upon-Avon is packed full of heritage and old buildings, such as this canal side McDonalds where apparently Shakeapeare himself used to go and get his Big Macs.

Cranes (13) : Bishopton

This week's theme is the Stratford Canal from Bishopton to the outskirts of Stratford old town. Starting with these canal side cranes.