A good start to the day but it got chillier as we went on.
15¼ miles no locks 4 tunnels in 6hrs 45mins (we did Gosty Hill twice).
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Icknield Port & Soho loops junction
Smethwick junction
Engine branch aqueduct
Smethwick new pump station
Galton tunnel
Galton bridge and behind it Galton station built on a bridge
Stewart aqueduct and M5 bridge
Looking back at Bromford junction and Spon Lane locks
One of the refurbished toll islands
A lot of new building work going on
Pudding Green junction
Albion junction and the Gower branch
Turning into the Netherton tunnel branch at Dudley Port junction
New towpath being laid along one side of the Hatherton tunnel branch
Tividale aqueduct
Netherton tunnel
Inside Netherton tunnel
Turning onto the Dudley No.2 at Windmill End junction
Entering Gosty Hill tunnel
Inside Gosty Hill tunnel approaching the 1st low section
Inside Gosty Hill tunnel and the ghostly painting 🧛
Inside Gosty Hill tunnel 1st low section
Inside Gosty Hill tunnel central higher section
Turning into the entrance to Hawne basin at the end of the Dudley No.2 canal
Moored up in Hawne basin to take on diesel
We took on 382 litres at 89p a litre, not as much as I thought
Re-entering Gosty Hill tunnel from the other end
One of the ventilation shafts
Inside Gosty Hill tunnel approaching the second low section, the first from the other direction
Approaching Windmill end junction again
Having negotiated the junction I reversed back to the mooring outside the visitor centre where we will stop for the night
Keith
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