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Thank you Sbg, I have a good look at your route :-) I'm thinking going into Birmingham might be dissapointing as we love the open countryside. The thought of mooring in a noisy town isn't appealing for us country bumpkins.

Good evening all, I have booked a narrowboat for 1 week in August and we are picking it up from Tardebigge. Originally we had intending on cruising the Stourport ring but we now feel that we would struggle to complete in time and don't want to stress about getting back to the boatyard in time. We are a family of 4 and my girls are 12 and 14 so more than capable of helping with locks but this is our first time on a narrowboat so are novices. Andy (my man) is doing a 1 day helmsman course next week but as I cannot get time of during term time I am unable to do the course too ? What I would like is recomendations on where to go from Tardebigge and nice overnight moorings, we do know that we would like to visit the black county museum and spend a day there, is there somewhere else nice we can spend a day before turning round and having a leisurely cruise back? Thank you in advance for your advice ?

Thank you ditchcrawler, I'll definately have a good look at your link, I've ordered some books for the canal network too and booked a helmsman course for my man so hopefully we are not going to go boating completely blind :-).

Ah, okay thank you

Hi, I am brand new to boating and have hired a narrowboat for our summer holiday, we are hoping to complete the Stourport ring and visiting the black county museum during our week but would like to know, are we allowed to go through Dudley tunnel after we have been to the museum or is it for museum trios only? I hope doing the ring in 6 days is realistic, we are starting at Tardebigge and traveling in a clockwise direction so that we get the 36 locks out of the way on the first day, therefore we don't risk trying to do it on our last day and running out of time.