Today on the Birmingham And Fazeley has been a little more strenuous for us , well for Hilary really eleven locks and seven miles but the bottom lock gates are a different design to that which  we are used to as they only have one full width gate which weighs two and a half tons plus and can be difficult to get moving .
Tonight we have stopped at a pub the Cuttle Bridge Inn ,and gone for a meal as a treat.
Tomorrow we will be in the out skirts of Birmmingham but we have a problem in that the route we were going to take is closed due to a damaged lock but we have found a different way to go , a little longer and more locks to do but it is to be expected anyway as Birmingham is on top of a hill so which ever way we go we still have to get to the top.