We have now left Brum and the Black country travelled down the Wolverhampton flight twenty one locks and onto the  Staffs & Worcester Canal,    Sybil then went for a weeks holiday at the Otherton boat haven while we used Mr Enterprise to go home  since we returned we have gently proceeded along and back onto the Trent Mersey, spent some time in Stone and Stoke , now after passing through the mile and two thirds Harecastle tunnel we are moored for the night on the start of the Macclesfield ,  last time we passed through the tunnel we had quite a bit of contact with the roof destroying one of our roof boxes but this time we flew through no contact at all ,in and out again in thirty eight minutes.

                                        Enjoying an ice cream at Gailey locks

Best display of flowers must be a fulltime  job looking after them 

A full moon rising over us 

A round lock keepers cottage at Gailey Locks

Nice and quiet here no neighbours , the way we like it

Leaving wolverhampton down the long flight of locks with the Chubb building behind us 

brass house pub

Brass house pub What can I say two for ten pounds no it was two for nine forty nine limited menu but proper sized meals , beer a bit dear but good grub.

Following a fun weekend in Nottingham we are back on the boat again having moved her out of Sherbourne Wharfe we are now moored opposite the Barclaycard arena for a couple of days , tonights tea will be a treat , two for ten pounds at the Brasshouse pub if we go before five o clock got to be worth a try .
The trains were very good coming back from Nottingham certainly cheaper than a hire car although I have just priced a car for our next trip home and somehow Enterprise won this time a weeks hire being much cheaper than the train back to Malton.


Out side New street Station is one of Birminghams new trams complete with  Barbi pink stripes , not tried one of them as the line does not yet reach the canal end of town , perhaps in a couple of years

Bit of a break from writing so just to get up to date again we are now back in Birmingham after some cruising around the Black Country including a three  day trip to Aldi  up the Essington and Wryley canal also known as the curly wurley before that we did spend some time in town including a visit to see the stage version of Mama Mia and also some street entertainment with  acrobatic snakes and ladders .Tonight just for a change on the way back from a rubbish run(walk) to the disposal point we called in at the Fiddle and Bone pub where there was a live band playing music from the sixties and seventies so had to stop for a pint only the one though at nearly four pounds a go but never the less good music Tomorrow we are back in the hands of network rail ? for a trip to Nottingham tickets bought online , collected today good gawping time at the stations ?


          Moored at Wolverhampton top lock quite a nice place despite the main road next to us

Spider men cleaning the windows in Birmingham no hose pipes just a good head for heights

The war memorial next to the library very nice flowers round it 

The two guys in the cherry picker were burning that steel off , it was around ten meters long
supported by the crane on the right  when it dropped and started swinging round , they were very lucky it missed them

a very interesting unit custom made from an Ivico panel van fitted with a new body to look like a full size unit and towing a fith wheel style caravan converted to a display unit they were selling Swiss made luxury wc`s which were complete with wash and blow dry at four and a half grand each
I was talking to the German driver who told me just after he got there his bike was nicked from behind the van ruining his plans of exploring the city while the sales team were in action in the u

                                               the Curly Wurly full of weed

Four young ladies playing three D snakes and ladders