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| Oldington Bridge |
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| Falling Sands Lock |
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| Kidderminster Railway Viaduct |
We left Stourport at 8:45 undr blue skies with a cool breeze. Ideal boating weather. It is some time sonce we have cruised this canal and we had forgotten how attractive the lower section is. The canal is on the edge of the Stour Valley with flat farmland to one side and wooded hills to the other. At times it is cut through red sandstone, which adds to the enjoyment.
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| Narrow cutting through red standstone |
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| Moored at Debdale |
We stopped in Kidderminster in the mid morning and spent an hour shopping in Tesco. Our last chance of a convenient large supermarket for a week. We then moved on for an hour, mooring at Wolverley for lunch. From the guidebook this seems an interesting village but sadly we could not afford to investigate as we are keen to get home so that the boat can be checked - it is still not running as smoothly as we are used to.
We finally stopped for the day at Debdale Lock near Cookley. The weather was getting hot and the noisy engine was getting tiriing. We are a couple of miles behind our plan but if we start early tomorrow and dont stop for lunch we hopeto catch up.
7 miles 4 hours 25 mins 6 locks
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