Top of Tardebigge

What it is all about!

Had some terrible rain on Thursday so the only place we went that day was to the pub. The Boat and Railway at Stoke Works. We have been gradually working our way up the Worcester and Birmingham Canal towards Tardebigge. On the whole the locks come in convenient groups of about six at a time. This has made nice division for daily trips. However as you can see from the panel left the flight at Tardebigge is 30 locks. 29 having to be worked in one go! We arrived at the bottom of the flight on Saturday and

Tardebigge Wharf

waited until later when our friends Anne and Chris, who live in Redditch to come and pick us up. They had invited us to their house for a meal and to watch Strictly. Then to spend the night. A lovely time was had by all. On Sunday they brought us back to Falcon, then parked at the top of the lock flight and came and helped us with all the locks. So after 3 hours, including a coffee

Tardebigge Tunnel, through there tomorrow.

stop we arrived at the top. Having 3 of us working the locks made it a MUCH easier trip. Thank you both very much.
Yesterday was a very different day. Paul's brother's Blake had been in Birmingham for the weekend, so we got the train from Bromsgrove and were able to meet up with him before he got the coach back to Plymouth. The last couple of visits we have made to Plymouth have been very brief and we haven't seen him, so it was good to catch up. Today we are having a lazy day. Tomorrow we have one more lock before the tunnel. We will then be at the summit and on the level all the way to Birmingham.