Left Worcester and headed for the Droitwitch Canal parts of which have been saved and rebuilt and only opened since 2011.
Worcester town is ok, not a lot in the way of old English architecture to see, the moorings on the Severn are handy to the town centre and right next to the Racecourse of which we missed a meeting by three days Dammm It......
And yes it has a Cathederal is all I'm going to say..
View from the NB cruising past on the Severn.....
Leaving our Worcester moorings on the LH side....
The rivers are good fun but the big double locks and the oversize landscape can be harsh......
The Droitwich Canal leaves the Severn with two locks within 100 metres..... And then within 500 metres.....
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At this particular lock the water is diverted from the canal down here to feed the lock when raising the paddles to fill.....
Droitwich is a nice mooring 200 metres from a supermarket and village .....
Under the M5 Motorway..... not much clearance and some boaters obviously don't believe the height guage you pass under before entering....
Droitwich is know internationally for its powerful long range transmitter built in 1933.
During the 2nd world war the transmitter was used to "Jam" signals to enemy aircraft.......
Guess these have a connection to the airwaves....
Nice lock keepers cottage.....
Should have swapped the flag for an All Blacks one......
Done 14 locks up till we moored. Needed a good nights sleep because today was going to be Big..
The Tardebigge Flight, 30 locks in a row. Then there was the 6 locks before the flight began.
While moored last evening two NB,s passed going our way which meant if they were ahead of us on the flight we'd have to let the water out of every lock before entering. Also the weather forecast looked like rain in the arvo.
These two combined made us plan a Ridicuosly Early start. Now I'm not going to tell what time as it may lead to people calling me "Tommy Gadget" or saying " you've lost your bloody sanity"....
So here we go, already 6 locks done and no sight of rain...
Change of scenery, probably driving a water pump.....
The locks go on and on....
Looking back is best when there's more to see than what's ahead....
Then there's only 5 to go....
Nokked Off... 36 locks, had breakfast parked in a lock, and moored up well before mid day......
Nice work team.....
Taking a short cut to open/close other lock gate...... it's only my Athletism and Ball Room dancing training that allows me to succeed.......
Didn't a couple name their son after this bred of dog....
Bit of a sleep in tomorrow I reckon.....
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