Cruising Log for NB Be‐Bop — .

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Date: Distance: 🛈 Locks: 🛈 Elevation: 🛈 Location: Remarks:
(Thursday, 00:00 @1230768000)
00169Nantwich.Here for Christmas. [Arrived: . Waterway: Shropshire Union (Birmingham and Liverpool Junction Canal — Main Line)]
(Tuesday, 13:00 @1231851600)
2.60168Hurleston Junction.Here for a day or so.
(Saturday, 11:00 @1232190000)
1.40166Barbridge Junction.Here for a day or so.
(Sunday, 15:00 @1232290800)
1.30165Somewhere in Shropshire.Here for a day or so. Decided to come South via Stoke‐on‐Trent, since the stoppage is over. [Waterway: Shropshire Union — Middlewich Branch]
(Tuesday, 15:00 @1232463600)
6.02128Middlewich.Here for a day or so. Came for the shopping, weather forecast is rain till the weekend.
(Wednesday, 17:00 @1234371600)
2.64146Tetton Bridge near Middlewich.Here for a day or so. Moving on as soon as the ice melts. [Waterway: Trent & Mersey (Main Line)]
(Thursday, 17:00 @1234458000)
1.43154Elton Moss near Sandbach.Here for a day or so. Snowing & ice here.
(Friday, 16:00 @1234540800)
1.30158Paddy's Wood, near Sandbach.Here for a day or so. Springlike today.
(Monday, 12:00 @1234785600)
1.10173Wheelock.Here for a couple of weeks. Malkins Bank stoppage will finish on .
(Saturday, 17:00 @1237050000)
4.114305Church Lawton.Here till Monday probably. Stoppage ended yesterday.
(Sunday, 16:00 @1237132800)
0.76355Church Lawton.Here till midweek probably. Moved up a little bit.
(Monday, 13:00 @1237208400)
3.16416Harecastle Tunnel, south entrance.Here overnight, maybe longer.
(Thursday, 15:00 @1238079600)
2.90401Festival Park, Stoke‐on‐Trent.Here for the weekend probably.
(Tuesday, 18:00 @1238518800)
5.26350Barlaston.Here for a day or so.
(Monday, 18:00 @1239037200)
4.89270Aston‐by‐Stone.Here for a week or two.
(Wednesday, 13:00 @1241006400)
7.34238Great Haywood Junction.Here for a day or two. Close to Stafford and the A51.
(Saturday, 09:00 @1241251200)
0.40244Great Haywood Junction.Here for a day or two. Close to Stafford and the A51. Right by the junction for the Bank Holiday, off next week.
(Tuesday, 17:00 @1241539200)
2.22230Wolseley Bridge.Here overnight.
(Wednesday, 14:00 @1241614800)
5.80223Near Handsacre.Here for a day or so. Can't stay for too long as I'm running short of fuel.
(Thursday, 15:00 @1241704800)
2.93211Fradley Junction.Here overnight probably. Might move on tomorrow as I'm only on moorings and on a bend too. [Waterway: Coventry Canal (isolated section)]
(Friday, 15:00 @1241791200)
2.30207Near Lichfield.Here for the weekend. Close to the edge of Lichfield, near Huddlesford Junction.
(Saturday, 18:00 @1241888400)
0.90206Near Lichfield.Here for the weekend. A tiny bit further south than yesterday.
(Monday, 15:00 @1242050400)
4.40210Tamworth.Here till the weekend probably. Not going to Crick; instead heading for Brum. Here for some shopping in Asda, just nearby. [Waterway: Birmingham & Fazeley (along route of Coventry Canal)]
(Thursday, 17:00 @1242316800)
3.91214Kingsbury, near Birmingham.Here for a week or so. By Kingsbury Water Park. Heading for Brum. I'll probably stay here till after the bank holiday. [Waterway: Birmingham & Fazeley]
(Thursday, 14:00 @1243515600)
2.710281Curdworth, just northeast of Birmingham.Here for a day or so. Nice shady spot to sit out the hot weather. If it's quiet too, then I'll stay until midweek.
(Wednesday, 15:00 @1244037600)
5.73300Aston, Central Birmingham.Cuckoo Wharf — Here for a fortnight. Doing some repairs/upgrades to the engine and then off to Shardlow.
(Monday, 14:00 @1246280400)
5.73281Just north of Birmingham.Curdworth, here for a day or so. Nice shady spot to sit out the hot weather.
(Monday, 14:00 @1246885200)
2.710214North of Birmingham.Kingsbury. Here for a few days. By Kingsbury Water Park. Heading for Burton‐on‐Trent.
(Thursday, 17:00 @1248364800)
3.91210Tamworth.Here till after the weekend probably. Here for some shopping in Asda & Sainsbury's, just nearby. [Waterway: Birmingham & Fazeley (along route of Coventry Canal)]
(Thursday, 17:00 @1248364802)
2.30217Tamworth.Hopwas Wood. Here till after the weekend probably.
(Thursday, 17:00 @1248364804)
2.00206Lichfield.Whittington, near Lichfield. Here for a day or so. [Waterway: Coventry Canal (isolated section)]
(Monday, 15:00 @1248703200)
0.00206Lichfield.Whittington, near Lichfield. Here for a day or so.
(Saturday, 01:00 @1249084800)
3.41212Fradley.Fradley Junction, near Burton‐on‐Trent. Here for a day or so. [Waterway: Trent & Mersey (Main Line)]
(Monday, 17:00 @1249315200)
4.06165Barton‐under‐Needwood.Barton‐under‐Needwood, on the A38; near Burton‐on‐Trent. Here for a day or so.
(Wednesday, 17:00 @1249488000)
2.52157Burton‐on‐Trent.Branston Water Park, Burton‐on‐Trent. Here for a few days.
(Thursday, 18:00 @1250182800)
7.42148Near Derby.Willington, near Derby. Here for a day so.
(Saturday, 15:00 @1250344800)
1.10146Near Derby.Stenson, near Derby. Here for a day so.
(Wednesday, 18:00 @1250701200)
4.72123Near Derby.Melbourne, near Derby. Here for a day so.
(Monday, 15:00 @1251122400)
2.42109Shardlow.Shardlow, near Long Eaton. Here till after the Bank Holiday probably.
(Wednesday, 20:00 @1252522800)
20.815206Lichfield.Whittington, near Lichfield. Here for a day or so. [Waterway: Coventry Canal (isolated section)]
(Friday, 16:00 @1252681200)
2.10201Tamworth.Hopwas Wood. Here till after the weekend probably. [Waterway: Birmingham & Fazeley (along route of Coventry Canal)]
(Tuesday, 17:00 @1253030400)
6.31214North of Birmingham.Kingsbury. Here for a few days. By Kingsbury Water Park. Heading for Cuckoo Wharf, Birmingham. [Waterway: Birmingham & Fazeley]
(Friday, 15:00 @1253282400)
2.310272Just north of Birmingham.Curdworth, here for the weekend.
(Thursday, 15:00 @1253800800)
6.13300Birmingham (Aston).Moored at Cuckoo Wharf, here for two weeks or more. The job ahead is to do some more work on my ailing generator.
Total:156.7 (min.)131

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