Thursday 5 May 2022

Aston to Sheepcote Street Birmingham

So pleased to see the sun today as we have a lot of locks to do. We left our Aston mooring at 8.30 and headed straight for the remaining 8 Aston locks. We were able to do these quickly as most of them were set in our favour and they are very close together so there is little travelling time between them. Just time for a quick coffee before arriving at the Farmer’s Bridge flight up into Birmingham.

13 locks and nearly 2 hours later we emerged into the centre of Birmingham. Although there were no volunteer lock-keepers on duty anywhere today to help us, we thought that we had been very efficient in accomplishing 21 locks before lunch!

We topped up our water supply, had lunch and then went to have a look at the Roundhouse. After many years of neglect, this building has now been restored. There is still work to be done on the interior displays, but the actual building is looking really good.

After doing some shopping we returned to the boat where Steve continued with his waxing and polishing.




We're the 4th on the right.

A welcoming bollard


Tonight’s mooring is a popular one, but at, this time of year, has the disadvantage of being close to trees which are shedding seeds – we now have fluffy cobwebs!



Today’s miles and locks – 2.75 miles  21 locks

Total miles and locks – 39.00 miles  52 locks 

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