It was new Years Eve yesterday and we could hear fireworks from about 4pm until 1am. At midnight there were some very large displays on the horizon in most directions.
This morning about 8am we actually had a boat go by, the only one on the move since half way up the 21.
We set off in the sun at about 10am heading for Curdworth tunnel, I must admit I didn’t bother fitting the tunnel light. Next stop Curdworth Top Lock, from here HS2 have had to install a temporary road access to the site of the M42 bridge as they have had to chop Marston Lane off where it crossed the M42 to push their new bridge in as as can be seen in this video
Down at Lock 4 we could see the new bridge, I bet they take more than a week to put one over the canal.
Looking to the offside you can see the path of the new line running off into the distance,
As well as the route that have a large work area for building the bridge. Room to build a couple of supermarkets with car parks.
The Curdworth Flight consist of 11 locks, out of these 5 of them have paddle problems, I do wonder if CRT are hoping that HS2 put a stoppage on the canal before they have to due to equipment failure.
There may not have been any boats about but there were plenty of walkers, one wished us a happy new year and enquired as to whether we had seen any fishermen and was disappointed when I said no.
We cleared the flight and carried for about half a mile to moor just before Fisher’s Mill Bridge.
Todays Journey
5 Miles, 11 locks in 3½ hours
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