A narrow canal and cobbled towpath with guardrail over the waters of another canal. The bluesky and clouds are reflected in the wave dappled waters.

Who'd have thought?
Smethwick in Brum.

A really cool place on the cut.

An aqueduct over another canal!

Old Main Line, Engine Arm of Birmingham Canal Navigations over the New Main Line

What a fantastic spot!
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Who'd have thought?
Smethwick in Brum.

A really cool place on the cut.

A railway bridge, the Original Galton Bridge, & Galton Tunnel, all for the New Main Line of Birmingham Canal Navigations.

What a fantastic spot!
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Sounds of the waterways....

Spring on the cut.
Narrowboat roof garden

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Bright gold daffodils in a plant trough on the roof of a narrowboat. A bright silver roof vent reflects the daffs, welcome colour on a grey day.

Sunbright Daffs on cloudy day

Narrowboat roof garden!

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I've decided not to go for a run....
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More Smethwick Scenery !

Wow, how lovely is this view?

The Galton Bridge,

over

The New Main Line Canal
Smethwick, England.

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A trough of Spring bulbs, mostly yellow daffs. In the foreground is one of the solar panels used to provide power to the narrowbaot

Power and petals....

Fresh Green and sun bright Yellow daffodils.

Provision of power, from the Sun, solar panels are a dark geometric contrast.

A "rooftop" garden on a narrowboat.

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A trough of Spring bulbs about to bloom; the trough is on the roof of a narrowboat, you can see an air vent, a power cable and some solar panels also on the roof.

My narrowboat 'roof garden' !

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The New Main Line canal is in a verdant cutting here before heading through Galton Tunnel (400ft/122m)

Its an amazing spot.

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The Galton Bridge in Smethwick, England, carrying a road 70ft over the BCN New Main Line Canal. Extraordinary iron bridge designed by Thomas Telford and cast at Horseley Ironworks, in Tipton, England.

Extraordinary Galton Bridge!

When built, it was the world's longest single-span cast-iron bridge (151 ft/46m).

Amazing AND Beautiful, carrying a road over the Birmingham Canal Navigations New Main Line.
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A solitary early Daffodil with Primroses on the roof of a narrowboat

Gorgeous Spring flowers onin a box on the roof of a narrowboat

Spring has Sprung!

I miss my house garden, but a few troughs on the roof brighten up the boat!

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01.00 late night back on the narrowboat, misty moon and sparkling splashes on the cut.

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Highway to the Sun?

No longer.
Pedestrians and bikes only.
Amazing structure.
Left unremembered and unknown by most.
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A road, apparently unused. Understated but still ornate iron balustrading topped with black metal lamps Concrete or brick piers indicate this is probably a bridge? There are bollards to stop road traffic entering the roadway.

Record breaking (in its time) road to nowhere....

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Brightly painted bow and forward cabin. The writing says "formerly Unspoilt by Progress II" !

Lovely old wooden narrowboat

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Thro the porthole window of a Narrowboat, a calmer sky, some some blue, some remaing clouds, reflected in the calm waters of the cut.

Peace and calm at last
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Raindrops and ripples on the canal.

Sunlight breaking through, but first more rain!

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This brick arch bridge (number 33) frames the trees reflection in the distance. The dappled sunshine through winter trees lights up the bricks. Blue sky is reflected in the calm still water of the canal.

So many #beautifulbridges on the canal

Brilliant brick arches that are so much more elegant, pleasing to the eye than modern harsh straight line concrete.

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The lockgate in the background stands dark and its overflow is middle left, you can see the rush of the water from the next pound rushing into this level, which in turn has an overflow in the foreground glittering in the sunshine

As its raining (again) today...

A pic of locks and overflows in the Winter sunshine

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Ripples on Sandstone
Peaceful
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Mesmerising

Sunlight on ripples

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Time for tea!☕️
No fire today, so hot water for tea on the hob
Love my whistling kettle!
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Early morning shag.
Or Cormorant.
Not sure
Calm cut waters after recent storm.
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Deliberately out of focus pic of numerous boats, different bows hulls states and colours Interesting, on a day with grey skies and water on the cut

Boats and Bows

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View of Moorhen"s bottom(!) It is balancing on the top of a ladder on a mooring pontoon on the canal The view is taken thro greenery.

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Balancing act

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Daredevil jump and paddle

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An almost monochrome pic of trees on the horizon looming out of the mist

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Ace at balancing!

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Splash landings!

Chilly baths for the birds today...

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