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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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The Last Leg

The last morning on the boat sees Kathy and Steve make a clear run, pretty much so, back to Mintball’s home mooring and they even manage to avoid all the chaos in the middle of Tyrley locks. Continue reading

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Back on the Straight and Narrow

After a few miles of wibbly wobbly canal Kathy and Steve make it back to the Shroppie and its railway era style engineering and make their way slowly north on the last full day of their holiday. Continue reading

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Is that Stafford over there?

A long but steady day sees Kathy and Steve finally escape the Trent Valley and they also escape from the Sow Valley too before stopping for the night near an important but largely unnoticed canal junction. Continue reading

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