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Dist:0.1km<br/>The junction of the Pershore Road with Fordhouse Lane as it turns off to the right. The 2CV seems to be carrying its own Zebra Crossing!
©David Stowell
Dist:0.2km<br/>The Worcester and Birmingham Canal was constructed in stages between 1791 and 1815. Grain, timber and agricultural produce were carried to the Midlands. Industrial goods and coal were carried down towards Worcester, often for onward transport to Bristol. Later, salt carrying was added as a regular cargo. Pairs of donkeys were often used in preference to horses, maybe because they could easily be put onto the boats which had to be legged (or pulled by tug) through the four tunnels near Birmingham.
©Roger Kidd
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©Roy Hughes
Dist:0.2km<br/>The fire crew had been doing a training exercise extracting water from the canal.
©Roger Kidd
Dist:0.2km<br/>The crew seemed to be working very efficiently and with considerable concentration, having just removed the hose from the canal. No doubt the placing of the hose into the canal a little earlier was done with a time target. No fire was seen adjacent!
©Roger Kidd
Dist:0.2km<br/>The bridge carries the A441 over the Worcester and Birmingham Canal. The Worcester and Birmingham Canal was constructed in stages between 1791 and 1815. Grain, timber and agricultural produce were carried to the Midlands. Industrial goods and coal were carried down towards Worcester, often for onward transport to Bristol. Later, salt carrying was added as a regular cargo. Pairs of donkeys were often used in preference to horses, maybe because they could easily be put onto the boats which had to be legged (or pulled by tug) through the four tunnels near Birmingham.
©Roger Kidd
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©Row17
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©Roy Hughes
Dist:0.2km<br/>Another dull and drizzly day on the canal going to Birmingham. I have been told the sun does shine sometimes.
©Roger Kidd
Dist:0.2km<br/>The Worcester and Birmingham Canal was built in stages between 1791 and 1815 to connect the River Severn in Worcester to the Birmingham Canal System using a quicker route than the earlier Staffordshire and Worcestershire Canal. Grain, timber and agricultural produce were carried to the Midlands. Industrial goods and coal were carried down towards Worcester, often for onward transport to Bristol. Later, salt carrying was added as a regular cargo. Pairs of donkeys were often used in preference to horses, maybe because they could easily be put onto the boats which had to be legged (or pulled by tug) through the four tunnels near Birmingham.
©Roger Kidd
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©David Stowell
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©David Stowell
Dist:0.2km<br/>The Birmingham-Worcester Canal is on the right.
©Roy Hughes
Dist:0.2km<br/>Seen here on the Worcester and Birmingham Canal, there were ten in this gaggle (is that right for wild geese?). It is a pity these beautiful birds have now acquired the status of "pests". Clearly, no one has developed a popular (i.e. money making) way of preparing them for sale to cook, or they could at least be harvested, not just culled.
©Roger Kidd
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©Row17

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