Walsall to Tipton Green
After a noisy but trouble free night we set off at 815 back to Walsall junction. We had to wait a while before we could start going up Walsall locks as they were letting some water down to fill up some of the low pounds. And again later we were held up while Stuart pulled some bricks out of the way that were holding open the bottom gate of one of the locks.
At Birchills junction we turned left onto the Wryley and Essington canal. As we approached Sneyd wharf one of the other boats was just leaving so we stopped to fill up with water there. At Horseley Fields junction we tuned left towards Birmingham.
When we got to Deepfields junction we turned off to explore the Wednesbury Oak loop. The first part to the winding hole was not too bad, but after that it became much worse. We had been told that the chain which they used to use to block off the Bradley yard out of business hours is no longer used. This was the case but we winded in the entrance to the side basin before the chain as Stuart had suggested.
Back at Deepfields junction we turned left back onto the main canal. We moored alongside Arcturious outside the Neptune centre at Tipton Green. A 10 hour day without stopping for lunch!
We went to Mad O'Rourkes Pie Factory to eat, where most of the customers were from our cruise. This is the last of the pubs from the Little Pub Company and still has Lumphammer beers and the Desperate Dan Cow Pie. Then we caught a bus to the Beacon Hotel in Sedgley where we had some of my favourite beer, Sarah Hughes Dark Ruby Mild. We caught the last bus back at 2230.
At Birchills junction we turned left onto the Wryley and Essington canal. As we approached Sneyd wharf one of the other boats was just leaving so we stopped to fill up with water there. At Horseley Fields junction we tuned left towards Birmingham.
When we got to Deepfields junction we turned off to explore the Wednesbury Oak loop. The first part to the winding hole was not too bad, but after that it became much worse. We had been told that the chain which they used to use to block off the Bradley yard out of business hours is no longer used. This was the case but we winded in the entrance to the side basin before the chain as Stuart had suggested.
Back at Deepfields junction we turned left back onto the main canal. We moored alongside Arcturious outside the Neptune centre at Tipton Green. A 10 hour day without stopping for lunch!
We went to Mad O'Rourkes Pie Factory to eat, where most of the customers were from our cruise. This is the last of the pubs from the Little Pub Company and still has Lumphammer beers and the Desperate Dan Cow Pie. Then we caught a bus to the Beacon Hotel in Sedgley where we had some of my favourite beer, Sarah Hughes Dark Ruby Mild. We caught the last bus back at 2230.
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