Kinver Calls

Not far from Kidderminster we stopped for a stroll at a local beauty spot. It is one of the joys of canal boating that you can tie up almost anywhere and make a foray ashore.

We had a steep climb up to Kinver Edge which is a National trust site. Yorkie, as usual, had eaten so much for lunch, that he had surplus energy to climb to the top of the location sign ...

When we got to the stop we could see for miles and, even more exciting than the view, was the fact that we could bag another trig point for our sister blog Bears on Trig Points.

Back aboard Maria we came across a quirk of the canal system that we really appreciated. This was these marvellous cottage gates which were miniature lock gates ...

I made a close inspection and was able to confirm that they were very accurate replicas. It's a pity we don't need any gates at our Norfolk Bear cave, as I know what I'd be recommending.

Lots of love, Eddie and the crew of Maria xxx