Lovely Time In Birmingham

We have had a really lovely time whilst moored near Brindley Place, very nice moorings indeed.
We decided to visit the National Trust's Back to Backs site which is about the houses that were built Back to Back to house the influx of families for the industrial revolution dating from 1840.
There are 3 houses spanning from 1840 up to 1970.

Our tour Guide Jennifer was excellent in describing each house and how many people lived there and used actually family names of those that lived there from the census  and history of that time.
If you're in Birmingham it is well worth the visit.

We also visited the market for some bits and pieces and were very impressed by that also.
We decided to treat ourselves to a meal at Jimmy Spices, well what can I say it is an all you can eat buffet with food from around the world including Mexican,Cantonese, Chinese and Indian and others but we were to full to try them all and the dessert section was unbelievable too, we left with full bellies and had really enjoyed the food.

The canal side Pub which sits by the Worcester Bar which used to separate the Worcester & Birmingham canal & the Main Line of the Birmingham Canal navigation.

 No not a roundabout but a direction island as the canal goes in 3 different directions from here, here being Deep Cuttings Junction (Old Turn) Birmingham library in the background a very attractive building.





Today the 17th John from John's Boat canopies arrived to fit our new cratch cover, what a fantastic job he has done to, the canopy is exactly what we had hoped for with 2 side windows and covers to. We would recommend John to anyone looking for a new cover a great job and a very reasonable priced.

We left Birmingham at 2.00 along the Birmingham Level Main Line and turned right at Smethwick Junction as we wanted to travel along the Wolverhampton Level towards Dudley as we are visiting the Black Country Living Museum. We travelled under the M5 what a a great bit of engineering, I am so annoyed with myself as I did not have my camera at hand to take any photos of it.
We have moored up just past Kier's Bridge on some very nice moorings for the night.

Time travelled Friday 3.00 Hours
Distance 6.5 Miles

 Total Distance Travelled is 71.5 Miles 
 56 Locks (Broad) 22 single Locks  and 6 Tunnel's, Total Tunnel length 6092  yards   
Total Time Travelled 43 Hours        

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