"Neil Arlidge" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >Richard Fairhurst wrote: >> Steve Wood wrote: >>> I work for a company based near Essington and we've just been >>> notified >>> by Severn Trent Water of major works in this area, including a >>> section >>> of the Wyrley & Essington Canal at Strawberry Lane. I know where >>> Strawberry Lane is but the canal is more than 2 miles from there at >>> it's >>> nearest point (Sneyd Junction.) Am I missing something or are they >>> mistaken? >> >> It's an unnavigable (but watered) bit of the W&E. There's a >> well-preserved BCN bridge around there if you tramp through the >> fields and have a look! > >ISTR that "Mapman" had a good tramp round there...the rest of his "journey" >around the BCN jumped around a bit...
IIRC there used to be a fair bit of additional (now unnavigable) canal that way, including a flight of locks up to what was the highest pound ever on the BCN. Is that right? Adrian Adrian Stott 07956-299966
