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IWA Sales stock our Popular DVDs

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Last week I dispatched a large box of DVDs to the Inland Waterways Association (IWA) Sales Office.

This week you can see them on their web pages ready for sale.

They have all our Popular range of Canal DVDs, including our very latest – the Cheshire Ring.

If you are looking for our DVDs then this is an alternative source, where you can also purchase lots of other canal related goodies.

Posted on Wednesday, 24 February 2010 at 18:03        Comments (0) 
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New Blog Address

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We have new address for our blog and feed.

When we first started blogging we used a temporary address, because our ISP did not support the blogging software at the main address.

Now, a recent change of ISP has allowed us to use more sensible addresses which are

Blog = www.waterwayroutes.co.uk/blog

Feed = www.waterwayroutes.co.uk/blog/feed

If you are using the old addresses including "balmeradsl" or "feedburner" then please change your bookmarks and any saved links to the new ones.

We will continue to run both in parallel for a while, but the old ones will eventually stop working so, when you get a quiet moment, please update your bookmarks.

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Posted on Saturday, 20 February 2010 at 17:12        Comments (0) 
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Matilda Rose comes to Birmingham

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I’ve been exchanging emails with Jill and Graham on Matilda Rose as they headed towards Birmingham.

With careful timing I was able to spend the night on board our own boat at Sherborne Wharf after helping Gypsy Rover and Uccello climb the Hatton flight the previous day.

Christine came up from Bristol on the train and we headed for Aston Station and the bottom lock of the Aston Flight.

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It was great to meet Jill and Graham and help them work their way into Birmingham and they had hot soup and fresh bread waiting for us when we moored at the top after completing 27 lock miles in 3 hours. We managed to gossip about all sorts as we made our way along.

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After lunch we gave Jill and Graham a trip on our boat to enjoy the silence of electric cruising around the Icknield Port Loop. Jill is smiling as she discovers how much easier it is to steer a boat when you can see the front – and that’s not just because it’s a few feet shorter.

We used our journey to ferry four bags of coal from Sherborne Wharf to their boat at the same time.

Hopefully they will enjoy Birmingham and have time to sample at least some of the delights of the Birmingham Canal Navigations (BCN) and to see the rest on our BCN DVDs.

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Posted on Sunday, 7 February 2010 at 15:19        Comments (1) 
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Hatton again

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Thursday was another Hatton day. This time to help Derek & Dot on Gypsy Rover and Derek & Carrie on Uccello climb the locks. Arriving at Warwick Parkway station at 09:20 it was just a few minutes walk to the waiting cup of coffee on Gypsy Rover.

It was still raining, so we decided to wait and I spent the time updating Dot & Derek on where to go around the Birmingham Canal Navigations.

By 11:30 the rain had stopped and we were heading up the flight. Gypsy Rover leading the way most of the time, with Uccello close behind.

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I think I’ve more photos of Dot steering other peoples boats than steering Gypsy Rover.

A quick fill up with water at the top, then on to Hatton to moor close to the station.

I was plied with sticky buns and carrot cake from the two boats, with plenty of coffee.

I spent the following night on our own boat in Birmingham before more locks the following day.

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Posted on Saturday, 6 February 2010 at 13:27        Comments (2) 
Category(s): Birmingham Section , Blog Readers , Bloggers , Blogging , Grand Union





 
 
 


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