A mile after Gailey is an extensive stretch with a chemical works both sides of the canal. Heavy security in evidence and 'no mooring' signs. This was once called "The Black Works" because it produced lamp black used in shoe polish, for stove blacking and in paints.
Who or what was Long Moll?
Denis has a long standing interest in the origins of the 'Green Man' - here's a fine example on the side of a boat
and another, this time embossed
"Please pass at tickover, or my wife will turn you into a frog"
Hatherton Junction, where the canal we're on used to connect with the Birmingham Canal Navigations. There's a restoration society dedicated to re-opening the Hatherton Branch and, in the east the Lichfield Branch to make a new cruising ring.
Max headroom a bit limited under this bridge
The equivalent of campaign medals for the keen boater. Each represents a portion of the network visited, or even a single feature like a particularly long tunnel.
Rain threatening as we moor for the evening at Cross Green, as it turned out near a free range chicken farm with early rising cockerels
Wildlife pic of the day
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