This is a picture blog of the travels of Slow Pace and crew during our 2015 cruise from our mooring at Stanstead Abbotts to the Stratford-upon-avon and the Birmingham area.

Our route will be via the River Lee, Regents Canal, Grand Union Paddington Arm, Grand Union, Stratford-upon-avon Canal, Worcester & Birmingham Canal, Birmingham Canal Navigations, Staffordshire & Worcester Canal, Coventry Canal and North Oxford Canal before returning via the Grand Union etc.

You can click on pictures to enlarge and scroll through them but you will lose any captions I have added.

Here a is a map to help plot our progress:

Canal and River Map

Canal and River Map

Tuesday, 16 June 2015

Kidderminster to Penkridge

On Thursday 11 June following our visit to the Severn Valley Railway, we continued on to Wolverley, where we moored overnight. The following morning we cruised to Kinver, where we visited the Holy Austin Rock Houses and then continued on to Greensforge. As it rained all day on Saturday 13 June we stayed there for two nights. On Sunday 14 June we cruised to Wightwick, Wolverhampton and on Monday 15 June we continued north on the Staffordshire & Worcestershire Canal to Penkridge.




We Friday 12 June moored at Kinver where...

...we visited the Holy Austin Rock Houses...

....and enjoyed a pint or two!

Afterwards we continued north on the Staffordshire and Worcestershire Canal
Here Anne sets up Botterham Staircase Lock


Slow Pace in Bratch Bottom Lock
This set of three distinctive locks were built originally as a staircase lock but due to excessive water loss
the staircase was converted to three separate locks but with extremely short pounds.




On Sunday 14 June we moored at Wightwick, Woverhampton and enjoyed a Sunday Roast!


On Monday 15 June we cruised to Penkridge



We moored overnight on Monday 15 June at Penkridge near this pub!




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