Christmas Shopping!

We finally headed back on to the main Stourbridge Canal on Tuesday. 16 locks ahead of us. We worked 4 of them arriving here at the cone in time to visit their cafe for lunch.

Redhouse Glass Cone

We also had a look round the museum here and there are also several craft shops, so spent a very pleasant afternoon.
We moved on the following morning and in the picture below we are in the next lock and you can see the top of the cone.
We worked the remaining 12 locks of the Stourbridge Flight on Wednesday morning, but decided to keep the next flight of 8 for the next day. Found a mooring with a fish and chip shop near by so no prizes for guessing what was for dinner on Wednesday.

First lock on Wednesday

Thursday brought another flight of locks, the 8 at Delph Locks. These are known locally as Nine Locks. Originally there were 9 but due to subsidence 7 locks in the centre had to be replaced and only 6 were built.
We completed those and arrived at Merryhill on Thursday and we are still here. We have been busy with Christmas shopping and Paul has watched some rugby. Will be moving on towards Birmingham in a couple of days.

Looking back down the Delph 9 Locks.