magpie patrick

I wouldn't worry Sue, that pound is about 44 miles long and the evaporation on a summers day will way way outstrip the lock use!

Your bottom, not ours, we "only" draw 2 feet 3 inches! And I love Camp Hill, Garrison, Aston, Ashted and Farmers Bridge we did the Avon Ring last year, up the Worcs and Brum, down Farmers, down Ashted, and up Camp Hill (and 77 year old Dad and Val had to work all those locks because I'd been bitten on the hands by a dog) edited to add, and three weeks later we went down Farmers Bridge Again, but this time down Aston and up Perry Barr. I've done Farmers Bridge seven times in total I think

The canal is largely useable but dredging not yet complete and several snagging issues to be resolved before handover by the contractors. It is possible that BW allowed a supervised passage, or that the boats simply went up to the lock entrance. The pound above that lock was empty in may, as the lock above has no bywash so water only reaches the pound through the paddles

yes I do no it hasn't wait a year... Droitwich from Severn late Summer, from the W and B, another year