Two years ago I found some bits of scrap MDF by the bins at the bottom of the Napton Locks. Using panel pins and PVA I knocked up a rough and ready box to take useful things and keep them out of the rain. It sits on the cabin slide and works a treat.
In the box are the device on which I display Waterway Routes; a clock; a pair of clip-on sunglasses. There is space for a mug: the wind protection helps to keep my tea/coffee hot. Despite the MDF sitting on a sometimes wet surface it has lasted remarkably well.
As we approached Birmingham yesterday I saw a seagull walking along the towpath with a dead-looking gosling in its beak.
On the opposite towpath, having given up any fight, were Mr and Mrs Goose and one remaining gosling.
It seems a shame, but I suppose it's the way of the natural world.
Back to today ... and we enjoyed the second dry day in a row. It was still cold, though - the stove is on as I write. This was a peaceful part of the Worcester and Birmingham Canal.
From a distance the guillotine lock at King's Norton looked pleasingly free of graffiti.
Some became visible as we got closer, and the other side was sadly marred by the vandal's spray can.
So, as I say, we are at Bridge 5 (Yardley Wood Road). We had a fabulous curry at our favourite Sweet Chillies restaurant.
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