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<\/a>red sandstone cliffs and excavations along the Severn River<\/p><\/div>\n
<\/a>street scene in Worcester<\/p><\/div>\n
<\/a>on the Tardebigge flight of locks<\/p><\/div>\n
<\/a>hawthorn berries<\/p><\/div>\n
Shortwood tunnel, racing along with Pat at the helm<\/p><\/div>\n portal of Shortwood tunnel<\/p><\/div>\n autumn on the Worcs and Birmingham canal<\/p><\/div>\n the Cathedral, and a lonely church tower (the church collapsed years ago), at night from the Severn River moorings<\/p><\/div>\n We joined the Worcester and Birmingham, and complete the day of some 17 locks and three swing bridges just as it began to rain. We moored just before the major challenge of the flight of 30 locks at Tardebigge. Today, we set out at 0900h up these locks, which we completed, fully, by 1208h. We were amazed at how smoothly our team was able to do the longest flight of locks on the English canal system. Each of us steered for 1\/3 of the flight, and Pat also completed her first tunnel transit in command, before we moored for the night at Alvechurch. Lots of pics today, some from a few days ago, but I couldn’t include them then. I hope you enjoy some of the sights we have been treated to.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Worcester and Birmingham canal. We left Droitwich Tuesday, after a day of real nasty rain and wind. We decided to stay in on Monday, to catch up on some reading, cards, food, and all. The excursion from Droitwich was ‘interesting’. … Continue reading <\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/a><\/a><\/a>