Signposts at Fazeley Junction - we came from the left and turned right onto the Birmingham & Fazeley Canal south towards Birmingham
Moored at Fazeley by a fine old canalside building
Just south of Fazeley is this gothic style footbridge at Drayton Bassett
A would be stowaway, he got onto the back deck and seemed reluctant to leave
After lunch at the Dog & Doublet we continued on through the Curdworth flight of 10 locks. Suddenly, between locks 2 and 3 while waiting for a boat coming down we lost forward momentum and black smoke signalled something wrong. Realising we'd probably got a snarled propellor, we tried in vain to remove the weed hatch lid but it was sealed tight. Steve from River Canal Rescue hauled out huge clumps of what looked like sheepskin rug and we were back in business.
A couple on an old workboat suggested the Cuttle Inn by Wiggins Hill Bridge at Minworth as a final stop before Birmingham - there's a good stretch of mooring and we had a quiet night.
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