PeterScott

This morning Big Lock Middlewich. Maybe some of those metal corner-pieces would help ... Middlewich Big Lock T&M Compare 16Jul1976 24Oct1992 7May2004 29Mar2012 ##2018 4June2019 3Sept2020 19Nov2021 (#2) 10May2022

This morning C&RT worls Lock 45 Cheshire Locks T&M The towingpath side lock 45 was operational

This morning Cold. Dark. Harecastle Tunnel T&M

This evening Stoke T&M from railway footbridge looking south. Vegetation now taking over Compare 21May1972 14Sep1977 2Sep1988 30Aug1990 26May1991 29May1992 4Nov1993 5Nov1993 1Jun1995 26Jul1997 15Aug1998 2May1999 12Jun2000 15Apr2001 28Jun2001 18Apr2004 20Nov2004 24Dec2006 13Sep2009 20Sep2010 8Aug2012 23Sep2012 27Sep2012 31May2013 26Oct2014 13Oct2015 29Sep2016 6Oct2019 8Sep2020 18Mar2023 18Sep2023

Just now Lamination at Stone Top lock T&M

This afternoon Great Haywood Junction T&M/S&W Colwich Lock T&M

This evening Just south of bridge 91 (near Fradley) CoventryC - after we squeezed by with some oomph, brute force, ignorance

Yes, last passed Tenacious there (in the rain) on 4May2021, but not there in 2023, 2024, 2025 trips

25Aug1998 - Northwich RWeaver on a side-trip heading for IWA National at Salford Quays

Nowhere on the roof to store said bargepole ... (would fall off the edge...)

Boat at Crick this afternoon and another, of recyclable plastic and some of more traditional design...

This morning: above Bagnall Lock, the River Trent is supposedly in an amber state. Canal conditions are always changeable, and always a Good Idea to be cautious, so it's probably right - but not very helpful. (Unlike the old Thames Conservancy amber signs which were either Amber Strong Stream Increasing or Amber Strong Stream Decreasing - which gave useful information) In the river section = placid as could be, with the sign at the river section lock saying normal. ... and displacing a number of irritated spiders, the one screw on the slide-in cover can make the signs consistent. Whether they are ever reliable or useful is another matter`...

This morning Talking bench around Common Lock No 14 T&M Sadly insufficient enthusiasm to have a conversation with it. And not all benches of similar design are at all talkative. Compare 12May2024 27Jul2025 "living sculpture" above Bagnall lock, Alrewas T&M. Still living OK but the sculptural elements have faded away even more ... Compare 1Apr1999 13May1999 27Jun2001 8May2003 23Nov2003 12Jun2015 1Nov2017 (#2) 5May2018 16Oct2021 25Aug2022 30Sep2023 12May2024 27Jul2025

Just now CoventryC approaching FradleyJ... not yet as warm as weather-people predict

This afternoon Bollard Update - above Fradley Middle Lock T&M. Compare 25Apr2013 3Nov2013 25Oct2014 14Apr2017 10Sep2017 28Sep2017 22Mar2019 4Oct2019 12Oct2019 29Aug2020 10Sep2020 5May2021 24Oct2021 20May2022 16Mar2023 17Sep2023 29Sep2023 3Oct2023 25May2024 30May2024 3Feb2025 16Apr2025 9Jun2025 14Jul2025 20Aug2025 14Sep2025