Date - 21 /08/08 Day - Thursday Start - 0915 Merryhill End - 1730 Stourton Junction
Harnser's present position http://tinyurl.com/Harnser-s-route Correction to yesterdays report. The lesser dignitaries were not in a Joey Boat but in the Dudley Canal Trust boat " Electra" before anyone threatens to sue me. Not a bad mooring last night, we walked the dog and there is room for dozens of boats to moor and all covered by CCTV if anyone is looking at them. The only down side was the clock, it strikes every quarter of an hour day and night and it was striking the wrong time. The weather this morning was much improved but the flow of traffic didn't assist us much, we only met 3 boats and they only gave us one or two locks, all the rest were against us. We stopped at the Stuart Glass museum at lunch time for a couple of hours and found it very enjoyable. While we were in there we had the first of many rain showers, they didn't last long but were very heavy, one giving a lovely rainbow. As we left the museum we could hear banging and saw debris falling into the canal. We thought at first it was workmen on the derelict Buildings but then realised it was glass/plastic being knocked out of the top floor windows. I hit reverse to avoid it and a face appeared at the top window with a piece of 4 X 2 timber in it's hand. I grabbed the camera and pointed it to the window, no time to take a photo but that didn't matter as 6 young gentlemen left rapidly by the back door. We continued down the flight with no problem, passed Stourport Junction, I noted that the arms are still missing from the sign post (where they ever replaced) and then the Stourton Flight down to the Staffs and Worcester canal where we turned right and moored just beyond the 5 day visitor moorings. -- Brian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Join SOW and help save our waterways http://www.saveourwaterways.org
