By 9am this morning CRT were on the scene letting water down to get all the levels right, to do this they open one top and bottom paddle on the top lock and let it flow down the flight.
We set of at 9-30 after they had finished to a warm sunny morning. We were soon down by the Alexandria Stadium now sitting quiet and deserted in the morning sun shine. Lots of the temporary barriers/fencing is still in situ around the outside of site limiting where you can walk.
Down at lock 5 there is a notice warning people of a wasps nest in the towpath, its not a wasps nest but bees and they are in the heal post of the lock, so get humpy when the gate is swung, you can see the dust from their working in this photo.
Some of the locks have good leaks in the top gates so anyone with a 60 footer or more needs to take care or get wet.
The weed just before the locks is quite thick but that in its self doesn’t cause a problem, but it can hide other things like pillows and branches etc.
This heron or Harnser found a nice clear spot for a late breakfast getting a couple of fish while I watched him. The next one coming right up.
Towards the end of the Tame valley canal they have been doing a lot of work on the electricity pylon and underground feeders, this looks as if its blocking the route of a footpath that looks to come down the side of the pylon and motorway so they have put a new bridge in. Not sure why the lower section on both sides looks double skinned.
The old toll island is supporting a nice growth of trees if you like that sort of thing, I wonder what their roots are doing to the walls of the island.
We carried on in the sunshine down to Minworth as we had made good time so it was a bit early to moor at Star City. There are some very bad sections of towpath in the Minworth flight, this is the lock moorings at the second lock.
As we approached our mooring for the night just short of Wigging’s Hill Bridge the industrial unit they were piling last time we past is huge.
All the earthworks down by the canal which I just thought was making way for the new industrial estate but now it is completely planted with trees.
Todays Journey
8¼ miles, 16 locks in 5 hours
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