Starting off with a pint called Jack
Hockley Heath-Alvechurch-Brum
Cruise on the North Stratford Canal from Hockley Heath then down the Worcester and Birmingham canal to Alvechurch and back up to Gas Street Basin, Birmingham. April 2006
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Jack, Brenda, Nikki and Richard on Swallow at Hockley Heath
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Wast Hills Tunnel on the Worcester and Birmingham canal
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In Wast Hills Tunnel on the Worcester and Birmingham canal
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Jack gets wet in Wast Hills Tunnel on the Worcester and Birmingham canal
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Richard and Jack on the Worcester and Birmingham canal
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Brenda and Nikki at Worcester Bar near Gas Street Basin, Birmingham
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Jack helping out in Birmingham
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Jack investigates the 200 year old rope marks in the bridge in Birmingham
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Jack steers on the way back to base on the North Stratford Canal
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Jack steers on the way back to base on the North Stratford Canal while Nikki "supervises"