{"id":4361,"date":"2019-08-29T18:21:06","date_gmt":"2019-08-29T17:21:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/toby200.net\/oliver\/?p=4361"},"modified":"2019-08-29T18:21:10","modified_gmt":"2019-08-29T17:21:10","slug":"day-110-apple-bobbing-in-the-canal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/toby200.net\/oliver\/?p=4361","title":{"rendered":"Day 110 &#8211; Apple Bobbing In The Canal!?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">What were all these apples doing in the canal today? We couldn&#8217;t see any nearby apple trees, so I think they must be leftovers from a massive apple bobbing competition. Or perhaps it solves the mystery of where Tim and Sam&#8217;s apples went to after they were stolen from the stern of their boat overnight. Who knows?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><a href=\"http:\/\/toby200.net\/oliver\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/DSC07969.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1440\" height=\"1080\" src=\"http:\/\/toby200.net\/oliver\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/DSC07969.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4352\" srcset=\"https:\/\/toby200.net\/oliver\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/DSC07969.jpg 1440w, https:\/\/toby200.net\/oliver\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/DSC07969-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/toby200.net\/oliver\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/DSC07969-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1440px) 100vw, 1440px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I&#8217;m getting ahead of myself though. After meeting Tim and Sam on nb Plan B at the Dudley BCLM moorings, we saw their boat again in Birmingham. We texted to say hello, and they invited us round for bacon sarnies in the morning &#8211; delicious! We&#8217;re headed separate ways today, so said our farewells but hope we&#8217;ll meet again somewhere sooner or later.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><a href=\"http:\/\/toby200.net\/oliver\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/DSC07912.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1440\" height=\"1080\" src=\"http:\/\/toby200.net\/oliver\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/DSC07912.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4353\" srcset=\"https:\/\/toby200.net\/oliver\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/DSC07912.jpg 1440w, https:\/\/toby200.net\/oliver\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/DSC07912-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/toby200.net\/oliver\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/DSC07912-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1440px) 100vw, 1440px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We turned right at Old Turn Junction, and under the newly named <a href=\"https:\/\/www.birminghammail.co.uk\/whats-on\/whats-on-news\/gallery\/tony-iommi-geezer-butler-black-16492041\">Black Sabbath Bridge<\/a>. The local water taxi was waiting to depart, but kindly waited for us to go past first.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-3 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"http:\/\/toby200.net\/oliver\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/DSC07915.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1440\" height=\"1080\" src=\"http:\/\/toby200.net\/oliver\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/DSC07915.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"4355\" data-link=\"http:\/\/toby200.net\/oliver\/?attachment_id=4355\" class=\"wp-image-4355\" srcset=\"https:\/\/toby200.net\/oliver\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/DSC07915.jpg 1440w, https:\/\/toby200.net\/oliver\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/DSC07915-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/toby200.net\/oliver\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/DSC07915-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1440px) 100vw, 1440px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"http:\/\/toby200.net\/oliver\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/DSC07923.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1440\" height=\"1080\" src=\"http:\/\/toby200.net\/oliver\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/DSC07923.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"4356\" data-link=\"http:\/\/toby200.net\/oliver\/?attachment_id=4356\" class=\"wp-image-4356\" srcset=\"https:\/\/toby200.net\/oliver\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/DSC07923.jpg 1440w, https:\/\/toby200.net\/oliver\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/DSC07923-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/toby200.net\/oliver\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/DSC07923-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1440px) 100vw, 1440px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"http:\/\/toby200.net\/oliver\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/DSC07913.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1440\" height=\"1080\" src=\"http:\/\/toby200.net\/oliver\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/DSC07913.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"4354\" data-link=\"http:\/\/toby200.net\/oliver\/?attachment_id=4354\" class=\"wp-image-4354\" srcset=\"https:\/\/toby200.net\/oliver\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/DSC07913.jpg 1440w, https:\/\/toby200.net\/oliver\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/DSC07913-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/toby200.net\/oliver\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/DSC07913-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1440px) 100vw, 1440px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sarah waved hello to &#8220;The Mailbox&#8221; as went by &#8211; ex Royal Mail offices now converted to shops and apartments. It&#8217;s changed a bit since back then!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-2 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-2 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"http:\/\/toby200.net\/oliver\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/RMBrindleyPlace-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"615\" height=\"615\" src=\"http:\/\/toby200.net\/oliver\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/RMBrindleyPlace-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"4364\" data-link=\"http:\/\/toby200.net\/oliver\/?attachment_id=4364\" class=\"wp-image-4364\" srcset=\"https:\/\/toby200.net\/oliver\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/RMBrindleyPlace-1.jpg 615w, https:\/\/toby200.net\/oliver\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/RMBrindleyPlace-1-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/toby200.net\/oliver\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/RMBrindleyPlace-1-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 615px) 100vw, 615px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"http:\/\/toby200.net\/oliver\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/DSC07929.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1440\" height=\"1080\" src=\"http:\/\/toby200.net\/oliver\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/DSC07929.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"4357\" data-link=\"http:\/\/toby200.net\/oliver\/?attachment_id=4357\" class=\"wp-image-4357\" srcset=\"https:\/\/toby200.net\/oliver\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/DSC07929.jpg 1440w, https:\/\/toby200.net\/oliver\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/DSC07929-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/toby200.net\/oliver\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/DSC07929-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1440px) 100vw, 1440px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I nearly shed a tear for the poor little teddy left behind, outside the new uni student flats \ud83d\ude41<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><a href=\"http:\/\/toby200.net\/oliver\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/DSC07934.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1440\" height=\"1080\" src=\"http:\/\/toby200.net\/oliver\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/DSC07934.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4358\" srcset=\"https:\/\/toby200.net\/oliver\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/DSC07934.jpg 1440w, https:\/\/toby200.net\/oliver\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/DSC07934-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/toby200.net\/oliver\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/DSC07934-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1440px) 100vw, 1440px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We had hoped to moor opposite Bourneville, but had been forewarned that the moorings were filled with &#8220;gypsy boaters&#8221;, and indeed there were. Four boats there that didn&#8217;t look to have any intention of honouring the 48hr stay signs, so we pressed on.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-2 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-3 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"http:\/\/toby200.net\/oliver\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/DSC07938.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1440\" height=\"1080\" src=\"http:\/\/toby200.net\/oliver\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/DSC07938.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"4359\" data-link=\"http:\/\/toby200.net\/oliver\/?attachment_id=4359\" class=\"wp-image-4359\" srcset=\"https:\/\/toby200.net\/oliver\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/DSC07938.jpg 1440w, https:\/\/toby200.net\/oliver\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/DSC07938-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/toby200.net\/oliver\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/DSC07938-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1440px) 100vw, 1440px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"http:\/\/toby200.net\/oliver\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/DSC07947.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1440\" height=\"1080\" src=\"http:\/\/toby200.net\/oliver\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/DSC07947.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"4360\" data-link=\"http:\/\/toby200.net\/oliver\/?attachment_id=4360\" class=\"wp-image-4360\" srcset=\"https:\/\/toby200.net\/oliver\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/DSC07947.jpg 1440w, https:\/\/toby200.net\/oliver\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/DSC07947-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/toby200.net\/oliver\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/DSC07947-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1440px) 100vw, 1440px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Fortified by some crumble for lunch (me, not Sarah!), we turned on to the Stratford canal at King&#8217;s Norton junction and through the disused guillotine lock.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-3 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-4 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"http:\/\/toby200.net\/oliver\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/DSC07949.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1080\" height=\"1440\" src=\"http:\/\/toby200.net\/oliver\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/DSC07949.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"4348\" data-link=\"http:\/\/toby200.net\/oliver\/?attachment_id=4348\" class=\"wp-image-4348\" srcset=\"https:\/\/toby200.net\/oliver\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/DSC07949.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/toby200.net\/oliver\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/DSC07949-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/toby200.net\/oliver\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/DSC07949-768x1024.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1080px) 100vw, 1080px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"http:\/\/toby200.net\/oliver\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/DSC07953.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1440\" height=\"1080\" src=\"http:\/\/toby200.net\/oliver\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/DSC07953.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"4349\" data-link=\"http:\/\/toby200.net\/oliver\/?attachment_id=4349\" class=\"wp-image-4349\" srcset=\"https:\/\/toby200.net\/oliver\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/DSC07953.jpg 1440w, https:\/\/toby200.net\/oliver\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/DSC07953-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/toby200.net\/oliver\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/DSC07953-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1440px) 100vw, 1440px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"http:\/\/toby200.net\/oliver\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/DSC07955.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1440\" height=\"1080\" src=\"http:\/\/toby200.net\/oliver\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/DSC07955.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"4350\" data-link=\"http:\/\/toby200.net\/oliver\/?attachment_id=4350\" class=\"wp-image-4350\" srcset=\"https:\/\/toby200.net\/oliver\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/DSC07955.jpg 1440w, https:\/\/toby200.net\/oliver\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/DSC07955-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/toby200.net\/oliver\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/DSC07955-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1440px) 100vw, 1440px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The general advice is not to moor between the junction and the lift bridge at Shirley; we went a little further and moored up in the same spot as the last time we came this way, just after bridge 14 past Dickens Heath. Funnily enough nb &#8220;Autumn Years&#8221; is here too; they were moored just behind us in Birmingham, so we said hello again!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What were all these apples doing in the canal today? We couldn&#8217;t see any nearby apple trees, so I think they must be leftovers from a massive apple bobbing competition. Or perhaps it solves the mystery of where Tim and Sam&#8217;s apples went to after they were stolen from the stern of their boat overnight. &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/toby200.net\/oliver\/?p=4361\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Day 110 &#8211; Apple Bobbing In The Canal!?<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":4353,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[34],"tags":[24,33],"class_list":["post-4361","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-grand-tour","tag-birmingham-worcester","tag-stratford"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/toby200.net\/oliver\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/DSC07912.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p8PLyH-18l","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/toby200.net\/oliver\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4361","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/toby200.net\/oliver\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/toby200.net\/oliver\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/toby200.net\/oliver\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/toby200.net\/oliver\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4361"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/toby200.net\/oliver\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4361\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4366,"href":"https:\/\/toby200.net\/oliver\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4361\/revisions\/4366"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/toby200.net\/oliver\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/4353"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/toby200.net\/oliver\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4361"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/toby200.net\/oliver\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4361"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/toby200.net\/oliver\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4361"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}