Wanderer Vagabond

I would think that any such relaxation of restrictions, if they were to occur, should be location specific rather than general. On the other hand, let's face it, those who are on the Leeds/Liverpool ain't going anywhere, anytime soon until we get some rain, they could ease the restrictions but it wont really change much. On the other hand if there was a general easing of restrictions, in the area that I'm able to cruise, the Birmingham summit, you may well then find people mooring up outside the Arena, Brindley Place or the new(ish) moorings west of St Vincent Street Bridge until September, or later. A bit unnecessary really because, as long as they don't go down any locks (and as pointed out earlier, the pound is about 32 miles long) they wont be 'using' any water.

You are obviously in the same area as me then. My earlier plan was to go down the South Oxford, having not been that way for 6 years or so but that has now been amended to staying on the Birmingham summit until such a time as we get some rain. Having measured it, it is 28 miles from Hawne Basin to the top of Lapworth all on the same level (weren't those canal engineers brilliant👍). So my amended cruising plans are probably a trip down there, followed by a trip to the top of Tardebigge (see how they're getting on) and then see where we are from there. I'm reluctant to go down any lock flights since a) I'll just be wasting water and b) there will be no certainty of being able to come back up again. I might possibly go up the Factory flight to pop into the Black Country Living Museum and out to the top of Wolverhampton and Bentley Bridge, but that is about it. It is what it is and you make of it what you can