Ray T Posted October 14, 2022 Report Share Posted October 14, 2022 Where is this? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Pegg Posted October 14, 2022 Report Share Posted October 14, 2022 47 minutes ago, Ray T said: Where is this? It's either: a. Anglesey, or b. Croxton Flash, or c. Bugsworth, or d. None of the above. I'm not wrong am I? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ray T Posted October 14, 2022 Report Share Posted October 14, 2022 (edited) 55 minutes ago, Captain Pegg said: It's either: a. Anglesey, or b. Croxton Flash, or c. Bugsworth, or d. None of the above. I'm not wrong am I? d. None of the above. It was a wharf however. It is at the end of a canal which has been restored but the bit in between is waiting to be connected to an existing canal. Here is Anglesey wharf, then & now. Edited October 14, 2022 by Ray T Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ray T Posted October 15, 2022 Report Share Posted October 15, 2022 Wadland Wharf, Moira Cut end. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heartland Posted October 17, 2022 Author Report Share Posted October 17, 2022 Wadlands Wharf was adjacent to Reservoir Colliery 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heartland Posted October 17, 2022 Author Report Share Posted October 17, 2022 As to the Warehouse Map - yes it is Heath Mill in Heath Mill Lane. Around that time the water mill was also associated with steel making. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Pegg Posted October 17, 2022 Report Share Posted October 17, 2022 I’m at a place you can’t go on the BCN Challenge. Where am I? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Pegg Posted October 17, 2022 Report Share Posted October 17, 2022 On 15/10/2022 at 08:10, Ray T said: Wadland Wharf, Moira Cut end. Cut End, Moira is where my great grandfather was recorded in the 1891 census. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob-M Posted October 17, 2022 Report Share Posted October 17, 2022 1 hour ago, Captain Pegg said: I’m at a place you can’t go on the BCN Challenge. Where am I? Hay Head arm...? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Pegg Posted October 17, 2022 Report Share Posted October 17, 2022 33 minutes ago, Rob-M said: Hay Head arm...? I didn’t even know where that was until I looked it up and found that you’re almost correct. However it is where I was, not where I am. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob-M Posted October 17, 2022 Report Share Posted October 17, 2022 8 minutes ago, Captain Pegg said: I didn’t even know where that was until I looked it up and found that you’re almost correct. However it is where I was, not where I am. Are you down the far end of the Cannock Extension...? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Pegg Posted October 17, 2022 Report Share Posted October 17, 2022 Just now, Rob-M said: Are you down the far end of the Cannock Extension...? Yep. Right to the very end, where the Challenge rules say you can’t go. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heartland Posted October 18, 2022 Author Report Share Posted October 18, 2022 I wonder what the rules are. Do you need a boat, perhaps a model boat as a substitute. Then you can go to Hednesford Basin or the end of the Hay End Arm, Pump House Brickworks, Hill Top etc etc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Pegg Posted October 18, 2022 Report Share Posted October 18, 2022 (edited) 11 hours ago, Heartland said: I wonder what the rules are. Do you need a boat, perhaps a model boat as a substitute. Then you can go to Hednesford Basin or the end of the Hay End Arm, Pump House Brickworks, Hill Top etc etc You can do that anytime. And you can go anywhere you want on the BCN Challenge, even if it’s not on the BCN. You just won’t score any points. But the rule for the Cannock Extension is that you should not proceed beyond Grove colliery basins due to the difficulties in turning. Hence on the two previous occasions I’ve been up there it has involved turning at Grove since both were during the Challenge. This time I got right to the end (of the remaining connected navigation) and in true Challenge style I’ve got a photo to prove it. Edited October 18, 2022 by Captain Pegg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Pegg Posted October 18, 2022 Report Share Posted October 18, 2022 (edited) Today I’m on the presently most densely populated canal on the network. But tomorrow it’ll possibly be the least densely populated. Where am I? Edited October 18, 2022 by Captain Pegg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heartland Posted October 19, 2022 Author Report Share Posted October 19, 2022 Cann Quarry Canal, Hackney Canal, Torrington Canal- the list can go on Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jen-in-Wellies Posted October 19, 2022 Report Share Posted October 19, 2022 BCN, then on to the Shroppie? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matty40s Posted October 19, 2022 Report Share Posted October 19, 2022 20 hours ago, Captain Pegg said: Today I’m on the presently most densely populated canal on the network. But tomorrow it’ll possibly be the least densely populated. Where am I? Grand Union, Wendover Arm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Pegg Posted October 19, 2022 Report Share Posted October 19, 2022 The answer was the Bentley Canal. The remaining stub of which at Wednesfield is little more than a 70’ boat long and there were two boats there overnight. Apologies that I seem to have overlooked the history element to this thread but a (99.9%) abandoned canal kind of fits. So today for the third day in a row I’ve reached the truncated end of a one time longer navigation. This one is a familiar name, but more than likely to be mispronounced. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob-M Posted October 19, 2022 Report Share Posted October 19, 2022 Bradley Basin...? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Pegg Posted October 19, 2022 Report Share Posted October 19, 2022 22 minutes ago, Rob-M said: Bradley Basin...? Yes, Bradley. Or Braidley/Bradeley phonetically. But I know you know that despite not being a native of canalshire. Although, the basin is offline a short distance before the end, and I went right to the end of the navigation and bumped the front fender against the wall. As a woman said to me at Norton Canes as I explained why I was ploughing through the weeds and leaves, "oh, you're one of those are you?". And with it I completed the navigation of the entire remaining extent of the BCN on my own boat (I had previously been to Bradley with the BCNS on Atlas and Malus). And so lastly Vulpes is now safely moored at the modern day termination of another one time longer navigation. It has something in common with Bradley, so where is it and what is it they share? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heartland Posted October 20, 2022 Author Report Share Posted October 20, 2022 By staying on the Bentley Canal Arm off the Wyrley & Essington Canal, it is hard to say that New Cross or Wednesfield is sparsely populated Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Pegg Posted October 20, 2022 Report Share Posted October 20, 2022 7 minutes ago, Heartland said: By staying on the Bentley Canal Arm off the Wyrley & Essington Canal, it is hard to say that New Cross or Wednesfield is sparsely populated I was referring to the canal itself, and the boats thereupon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heartland Posted October 22, 2022 Author Report Share Posted October 22, 2022 Have you been in the basin at Wolverhampton at Broad Street Warehouse that was originally part of the old canal main line ? Where might this have been Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob-M Posted October 22, 2022 Report Share Posted October 22, 2022 39 minutes ago, Heartland said: Have you been in the basin at Wolverhampton at Broad Street Warehouse that was originally part of the old canal main line ? Where might this have been Is it Deepfields junction? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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