Heading to Birmingham

Today we were up early and left Hopwas and headed to Birmingham, first of all we passed Fazeley junction where the Birmingham and Fazeley meets the Coventry canal, here we took on some water and turned on to Birmingham canal.

Almost immediately the canal changed into an urban canal

We passed Drayton Bassett which is a little village, one unusual feature is this charming unexpected Gothic- style footbridge which spans the canal which has twin battlements and is unique.

We carried on to a village called Curdsworth the canal consist of 11 locks with a small flight of 5 locks in the middle, we also went under the motorway M6 where drivers are oblivious to our journey. We then moored up outside of Minworth to regain our energy for a hard day tomorrow as we or should I say Denise has 27 locks to operate tomorrow through the middle of Birmingham.went through our first tunnel today "Curdsworth tunnel " 57 yds long, see you tomorrow .