Cruising Log for NB Be‐Bop — 2009.

Here for Christmas.

[Arrived: 20th December 2008. Waterway: Shropshire Union — Main Line]

Here for a day or so.

Here for a day or so.

Here for a day or so.

Decided to come South via Stoke‐on‐Trent, since the stoppage is over.

[Waterway: Shropshire Union — Middlewich Branch]

Here for a day or so.

Came for the shopping, weather forecast is rain till the weekend.

Here for a day or so.

Moving on as soon as the ice melts.

[Waterway: Trent & Mersey — Main Line]

Here for a day or so.

Snowing & ice here.

Here for a day or so.

Springlike today.

Here for a couple of weeks.

Malkins Bank stoppage will finish on 13^th March.

Here till Monday probably.

Stoppage ended yesterday.

Here till midweek probably.

Moved up a little bit.

Here overnight, maybe longer.

Here for the weekend probably.

Here for a day or so.

Here for a week or two.

Here for a day or two.

Close to Stafford and the A51.

Here for a day or two.

Close to Stafford and the A51. Right by the junction for the Bank Holiday, off next week.

Here overnight.

Here for a day or so.

Can't stay for too long as I'm running short of fuel.

Here overnight probably.

Might move on tomorrow as I'm only on 48‐hour moorings and on a bend too.

[Waterway: Coventry Canal]

Here for the weekend.

Close to the edge of Lichfield, near Huddlesford Jn.

Here for the weekend.

A tiny bit further south than yesterday.

Here till the weekend probably.

Not going to Crick — instead heading for Brum. Here for some shopping in Asda, just nearby.

[Waterway: Coventry Canal]

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]

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.

Cuckoo Wharf — Here for a fortnight.

Doing some repairs/upgrades to the engine and then off to Shardlow.

Curdworth, here for a day or so.

Nice shady spot to sit out the hot weather.

Kingsbury. Here for a few days.

By Kingsbury Water Park. Heading for Burton‐on‐Trent.

Here till after the weekend probably.

Here for some shopping in Asda & Sainsbury's, just nearby.

[Waterway: Coventry Canal]

Hopwas Wood.

Here till after the weekend probably.

Whittington, near Lichfield.

Here for a day or so. The Whittington Cantonese take‐away is a short walk away.

[Waterway: Coventry Canal]

Whittington, near Lichfield.

Here for a day or so.

Fradley Junction, near Burton‐on‐Trent.

Here for a day or so.

[Waterway: Trent & Mersey — Main Line]

Barton‐under‐Needwood, on the A38, near Burton‐on‐Trent.

Here for a day or so.

Branston Water Park, Burton‐on‐Trent.

Here for a few days.

Willington, near Derby.

Here for a day so.

Stenson, near Derby.

Here for a day so.

Melbourne, near Derby.

Here for a day so.

Shardlow, near Long Eaton.

Here till after the Bank Holiday probably.

Whittington, near Lichfield.

Here for a day or so.

[Waterway: Coventry Canal]

Hopwas Wood.

Here till after the weekend probably.

[Waterway: Coventry Canal]

Kingsbury. Here for a few days.

By Kingsbury Water Park. Heading for Cuckoo Wharf, Birmingham.

[Waterway: Birmingham & Fazeley]

Curdworth, here for the weekend.

Moored at Cuckoo Wharf, here for two weeks or more.

The job ahead is to do some more work on my ailing generator.