Ouch!
Thursday, 6 February 2025
In Praise Of British Workmen
Much maligned, minus the builder's tea, wolf whistles and a place to park your bike at half moon, they really did do a good job. And a sense of humour too. Top work gents!
Saturday, 25 January 2025
A Man's A Man For A' That
Happy Burns Night....Robbie Burns wrote this poem in January 1795. Happy birthday Dad.
See also: Midge Ure's performance at the Opening of the Scottish Parliament. "Vienna" it is not!
Saturday, 18 January 2025
Ogley Junction- No Access
We look forward to the day when we can chug up towards the three spires of Lichfield after canal restoration...............
(I note I have inadvertently called HS2 "HST"!)
Canal Milestones
Having spent ages locating old turnpikes and milestones I'm now on the lookout on the towpath
Utopia, Amington
I stumbled upon Utopia in Amington, former pit village....... all the canal bridges have names not numbers on the Birmingham and Fazeley Canal. Plus a bit of canal art on a barge paneling at the Swan, Fradley Junction
Daydream Believer
With Thanks to the Three Tons, Fazeley.
And our New Year's Eve serenader on the towpath, Mrs Taggart.
Boundary Stone
Daydreaming: lovely mooring at Whittington, where the Birmingham and Fazeley Canal finally met the Coventry Canal. The man from Brum got fed up of waiting and dug out this bit to join it up in 1790
Glamping
Daydreaming: They really did look like Glamping Pods........as seen on the
Birmingham and Fazeley Canal
Up The Junction
Kings Bromley Wharf
Streethay Wharf
Fazeley Junction
(Squeeze, 1979)
Brickmaking Remembered by Peter Grey (Faded Canalside Poetry Trail)
With thanks to Peter Grey..... faded brick poem on the canal-side poetry trail at Polesworth
Polesworth Brick
Daydreaming: A Souvenir From Polesworth (with thanks to The Bull's Head, Polesworth)
Poking Round Polesworth
Daydreaming by the canal: whilst Robin went for a trip to a winding hole, I went for a look around Polesworth. Some historic bits...a hall once home to Disco man Edwin Starr, who made
"Eye-to-Eye Contact", plus I saw an abbey church and a handsome bridge over the river Anker.......
It Ain't What You Do, It's The Way That You Do It
Daydreaming: Getting to Grips With The Kit!
It's not every day that you encounter a helpful chap from Anapurna
Wednesday, 8 January 2025
Christmas Card Scores on the Doors
Are Christmas cards going the way of postcards? Less cards this year (although some members of the household did leave some at work!!) and some things never change- animals still won, with birds coming second. The top animal this year was a dog..... more homemade cards this year, mostly lino cuts- hooray!! Santa was this year beaten by nativity and there were far less carol/ Christmas song themed cards, unless you count "Sprout, Sprout, let it all out", in it's own way a winner! (Thanks to the Bewshers/ Whites.)For my favourite card, see the next page of the blog!
Tuesday, 7 January 2025
Canal Cartoons Day 1: Take this with a pinch of salt....they were both really nice!
No prizes for guessing where we stopped for lunch. The "Plum Pudding" pub was shut. It was named after the horrible narrow cutting we had to go through, which was probably even worse when it was a tunnel. It had its roof taken off due to mining subsidence....but a great butty at the Crown instead. Plus they had an old Coronation brick cemented into their wall and a nice old map.....
Life In The Slow Lane
Started off 2025 with a "Trip Up The Cut", as they say in Polesworth.
We set off from our base at King's Bromley in narrowboat Daydream.
Drifting along at 3mph. It feels great!
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