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29th July 2020 Following our overnight stay at Star City, we are soon on our way towards Salford Junction. Despite our trepidation at mooring here we had a quiet night except for some road noise. Of course it did help that the whole of the complex was closed due to covid 19. It was going to be another long lock filled day, so we made an early (for us ) start at 07.20. At Salford Junction the waterways meet a tangle of motorways and railway bridges known as Spaghetti Junction, and it was interesting to see the layers of canal, railway bridges and road bridges from below. We were certainly glad to be where we were and not on the busy roads above. We turn East here onto the Birmingham and Fazeley Canal, it was a sharp 90 degree turn and Pat really made use of the bow thrusters. Directly opposite the junction was a long row of tyres, we could certainly see the reason why and I'm sure many a boater had made use of them! We pass through a few miles of industrial estates and business parks before open countryside surfaces around Curdworth, it was amazing to see how the landscape changed and we visibly relaxed. We pass through the 57 yard Curdworth Tunnel and heading north now, negotiate the 11 Curdworth Locks before mooring just South of Fazeley Junction. We were aiming to moor beside Kingsbury water park but there were no moorings available here. This is a 600 acre landscaped park with 30 lakes and pools created from gravel pits worked over the last 50 years and we were quite disappointed not to get a space here. We moored a little further up though and visited Middleton Lakes nature reserve which is an RSPB site. They acquired the site in 2007 and later in 2011 opened up as a 400 acre nature reserve with nature trails and viewpoints.We show some pictures of our visit in the next video. We had travelled 9 miles today and negotiated 14 locks.
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