The day started warm but cloudy and we moved on through to Kidderminster in comfortable conditions. Arriving in Kidderminster, it started getting quite warm and sunny, and after a brief stop at the convenient canal-side Tesco, we pushed on to Wolverley Court Lock - a convenient place to moor up and watch the European Grand Prix (boring) and eat a very good Sunday lunch (thank you Barbara). It was seriously hot but eventually we did move on a bit in search of shade, which we did find along quite a lot of this pleasant stretch of the Staffs & Worcs.
In due course we got to Debdale Lock, pleasant enough but not especially unusual:
until you see that there's an opening in the rock face on the far side of the lock:
Looking inside, it opens out significantly both to the left and right ...
This is the view to the right of the entrance:
We reckoned the cave was about 20' x 8' and apparently was used to stable horses overnight when they were used for towing boats. Moving on, we passed through Whittington Lock, which is quite picturesque:
Continuing up the canal, we got to the quiet moorings at Kinver, which seemed like a good place to moor for the night:
A stroll into Kinver showed it to be quite old in places, this is the chippy & Chinese take-away:
And these are some offices:
And back to the boat for a quiet night.
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