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What a day - highlights all the way!
A few photos to cover the whole journey, with a bit of prose to accompany them! I wish I was a poet as there were moments today that had potential poetic worth.
Moored at Stewponey, the morning greeted us
The lock was ahead with its well known toll house
Dursley Tunnel has a low roof, it was here, far from any main road, that Twelfth Night broke down and we needed a new alternator! it was a long walk for our engineer!
Looking back to Dursley Tunnel
There are some lovely moorings above Hyde Lock - note to selves!
Hyde Lock is one of the prettiest we have seen for a while
We spent some time here taking photos (for the previous blog) and because the lock cottage owner MUST have a sense of humour and a knowledge of waterway issues!
A very good use for those bollards!
I haven't seen one of these before but presume it is a "horse hitch"
Kinver was next - famous for the sandstone rock that the canal cuts through. There was a campaign a few years ago to keep the pub at the lock open. It has been refurbished and extended since we were here last!
The Vine pub
Below the well kept lock the canal moves through an attractive cut where the houses down on the boats and canal. The one in the right photo featured on a TV programme recently as there is no road access, so the owners had to move in by boat!
 
Whittington (possibly named after the Grandfather of "Dick" Whittington, who gave his name to the pantomime character), is another pretty area.
Whittington Horse Bridge behind us
Fi posing ion Whittington Lock balance beam!
About fifteen minutes later we crossed a county boundary - leaving Staffordshire, we were now in Worcestershire. But that is another story!
Staffs and Worcs Canal, Stewponey to Staffordshire/Worcestershire border half way between Whittington and Caunsall-
2 hours, 3.5miles, 4 locks
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