Moving on on Monday we cruised underneath Spaghetti Junction, much less traffic down there. In fact, just us! Turning on to the Birmingham and Warwick Canal we moored by Star City. A big cinema and casino complex. Good mooring though on a pontoon with a lockable gate. The next morning, before setting off thought I would just check the stoppages only to find one posted the day before just 3 locks ahead! So we walked up to have a look only to find one of the gates off the top hinge and no sign of workmen! So back on board, time to get the map out.
Once again a chance of plan. With no room to turn we had to reverse back to the junction, luckily not too far. We then turned on to the Birmingham and Fazeley Canal. This will bring us to the same point, but we have been this way before, where as the other Canal was new water for us! Wednesday saw us cruising in the snow! Not that it was laying. Too wet for that! More concerning was the wind. The remaining 8 locks on the Aston Flight weren't too bad, but then came the Farmers Flight of 13. Having worked them before not my favourite set. Some of the time you are under concrete office blocks! For a couple of locks I had to haul on the bow rope to stop Falcon being blown and crashing into the building support pillars. We finally made it safely to the top to moor where we had left two weeks ago! And that's where we are now! Moving on later today!
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