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Monthly Archives: September 2014
A Surfeit of Bridges
From Norbury Bridge No 38 to Tom’s Moorings, a distance of 11 miles, 2 flg and 5 locks. Mintball has done this trip so many times now that she could probably navigate it without us actually doing anything. In some … Continue reading
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It’s downhill all the way
From Wolverhampton Top Lock Moorings to Norbury Bridge No 38, a distance of 17 miles, 6¾ flg and 23 locks. It was all a bit dull and gloomy when we got up the next morning to head off down the … Continue reading
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In search of Michael Pennington (Deceased)
From Scarfield Hill Bridge No 60 to Wolverhampton Top Lock Moorings, a distance of 28 miles, 7¾ flg and 15 locks. I think it was a train on the line that runs right by the canal that woke us up … Continue reading
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It’s uphill all the way….
From Netherwich Basin to Scarfield Hill Bridge No 60, a distance of 11 miles, 2½ flg and 50 locks. After the coldest night of the holiday we were all quite dreading getting up and getting going but it was actually … Continue reading
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A Bad Case of Deja Vu
From Tibberton Visitor Moorings to Netherwich Basin, a distance of 15 miles, 4¼ flg and 25 locks. After a few nice cool misty mornings we woke up to a damp miserable one but luckily the rain had just about stopped … Continue reading
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Uncharted waters
From The Wharf Inn and Campsite (Holt Heath) to Tibberton Visitor Moorings, a distance of 13 miles, 3¼ flg and 16 locks. Another cool and misty morning meant another good opportunity for some photos both before we left the moorings … Continue reading
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Another Night at another Wharf
From Kinver Visitor Moorings to The Wharf Inn and Campsite (Holt Heath), a distance of 16 miles, 3¼ flg and 14 locks. It was another rather chilly but sunny morning and once again mist rolled across the canal as we … Continue reading
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Things to do in Kinver when you’re dead
Continuing their journey south the crew of the Mintball encounter some larger than life frogs and monkeys, see the results of a visitation by Wily Wonka’s squirrels and enjoy some beer before having an extremely good curry Continue reading
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To the South!!!
After a problem with the charging circuits the crew of Mintball head south on a leisurely day of cruising and decide to visit a few pubs on the way. Continue reading
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Any Wich way you can
This is the planned route for our September trip. It includes doing the Droitwich Canals twice as we’ve never done it before and we’re going to be changing some of the crew during the trip so this way everyone gets … Continue reading
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