#Birmingham to Worcester Canal

[agjmaverick]

[itsstreetlove]

Alvechurch Marina

Worcester -Birmingham Canal 2024

[mjalford98]

Probably not every day you go out to photograph a particular train with no particular plans to ride it, but end up riding it anyway...or maybe that's just my limited experience which changed today while heading home after a day's trainspotting along the Lickey line and Birmingham & Worcester canal. Some of these were more test shots, but they made good material to have a bit more fun with without having to worry too much about subject clarity, which tends to be more of a concern in most of my work. https://www.instagram.com/p/Co5pGQHtldi/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[124daisies]

Worcester & Birmingham Canal viewed from under Thompson’s Bridge (No.47), near Stoke Pound

[chorusfm]

Four Year Strong Announce Tour

Four Year Strong have announced a new US tour with One Step Closer and Free Throw. 10/19 – Las Vegas, NV @ When We Were Young Music Festival 10/20 – Las Vegas, NV @ When We Were Young Music Festival 10/30 – Brooklyn, NY @ Warsaw * 11/01 – Detroit, MI @ St. Andrews Hall * 11/02 – Lakewood, OH @ Roxy * 11/03 – Chicago, IL @ Concord Music Hall * 11/05 – Denver, CO @ Summit Music Hall * 11/06 – Salt Lake City, UT @ Metro Music Hall * 11/08 – Seattle, WA @ El Corazon * 11/09 – Portland, OR @ Hawthorne Theatre * 11/10 – Sacramento, CA @ Ace of Spades * 11/11 – San Francisco, CA @ Great American Music Hall * 11/13 – Bakersfield, CA @ Nile * 11/14 – Los Angeles, CA @ The Regent Theatre * 11/15 – Santa Ana, CA @ The Observatory * 11/16 – Mesa, AZ @ The Nile Theatre * 11/19 – San Antonio, TX @ Paper Tiger * 11/20 – Dallas, TX @ Studio at the Factory * 11/22 – Nashville, TN @ Eastside Bowl * 11/23 – Charlotte, NC @ The Underground * 11/24 – Atlanta, GA @ The Masquerade (heaven) * 11/25 – Orlando, FL @ Beacham * 11/27 – Richmond, VA @ Canal Club (main room) * 11/29 – Baltimore, MD @ Soundstage * 11/30 – Philadelphia, PA @ Brooklyn Bowl * 12/01 – Asbury Park, NJ @ Stone Pony * 12/14 – Worcester, MA @ Mass Concerts at The Palladium 02/09 – München, Germany @ Ampere ^ 02/10 – Vienna, Austria @ Arena ^ 02/12 – Berlin, Germany @ Hole44 ^ 02/13 – Hamburg, Germany @ LOGO ^ 02/14 – Köln, Germany @ Luxor ^ 02/16 – Eindhoven, Netherlands @ Dynamo ^ 02/17 – Paris, France @ O’Sullivans Backstage By The Mill ^ 02/19 – Manchester, United Kingdom @ O2 Ritz ^# 02/20 – Leeds, United Kingdom @ Project House ^# 02/21 – Birmingham, United Kingdom @ O2 Institute Birmingham ^# 02/22 – Glasgow, United Kingdom @ The Garage ^# 02/24 – Bristol, United Kingdom @ SWX ^# 02/25 – Southampton, United Kingdom @ Engine Rooms ^# 02/26 – London, United Kingdom @ 02 Forum Kentish Town ^# 02/27 – Brighton And Hove, United Kingdom @ Chalk ^# * with Free Throw, One Step Closer, and Death Lens # with Koyo ^ with Shoreline --- Please consider becoming a member so we can keep bringing you stories like this one. ◎ https://chorus.fm/news/four-year-strong-announce-tour/

[wiff-waff]

I’ve found myself comparing Brum to Manc and as a boater & tourist I much prefer Birmingham. Yes the moorings in Castlefield are more private and there is open space to play ball with Ben but there are absolutely no facilities for boaters, in Manchester boaters are not welcomed at all but here in Brum boaters are positively encouraged to visit and spend their hard earned pennies in the local economy.

Apologises for the dark pics but the sun hasn’t been out for a month but at least it has stopped pissing down, for now.

We’ve been here 3 nights and are both ready to move, tomorrow. We’re heading onto the Worcs & Brum canal which will take us down to Worcester and onto the mighty river Severn. The canal is 30 miles long and has 58 locks including the famous 36 lock flight at Tardebigge, the longest flight on the network and must be done in one hit because there is no where to moor mid flight.

[plusonthewater]

Navigation note, 17:06 - EGB

We have returned to Kings Norton and rejoined the Worcester and Birmingham Canal. In turning left, we didn’t hit the boat that had moored across the junction – presumably to collect dents.

[moods1805]

Diary of an Intermittent Runner - Week 2

Well, that was a very damp week!!!! My usual running route contains Pitchcroft racecourse in Worcester, which is on the bank of the river Severn. By Tuesday, it was actually part of the river Severn!!! An alternative was needed, so it was off to Worcester Country Park for a run round the woods - the rain had made this quite a tough route (especially for someone who has just begun trying to regain some level of fitness). Two days of running round the woods was more than enough, so another route was found.

We are so lucky living where we do. It's about a mile to the Worcester and Birmingham Canal. So this has been on my route for a couple of runs this week. For this weeks Parkrun, I ventured up the motorway to Canon Hill Park in Birmingham. Probably the biggest Parkrun event that I have taken part in. 561 runners braving the wind and rain.

So another good running week - no records broken, but another 20.74 miles done. This week's soundtrack was:

Public Service Broadcasting - Every Valley

David Bowie - Blackstar

Peter Gabriel - Up

Jeff Beck - Jeff Beck's Guitar Shop

Sparks - Sparks (the first 'Sparks Friday' - going to work through their back catalogue every Friday)

Heaven 17 - How Men Are

Back to it again tomorrow - the focus of the coming week will be my diet (have already lost 5.75 lbs in the last two weeks, but have not been too worried about what I have eaten)

See you next week (I'll focus on another one of the charities I am supporting in the next update).

Take care

Pete

[grandmaster-anne]

FUTURE ENGAGEMENTS OF THE PRINCESS ROYAL

6 October 2022

Grand Master, The Royal Victorian Order, will attend the Annual Evensong and Reception, Savoy Chapel, Savoy Hill, London WC2.

Colonel, The Blues and Royals (Royal Horse Guards and 1st Dragoons), will attend the Blues and Royals Club Annual Dinner at Mandarin Oriental Hyde Park London, 66 Knightsbridge, London SW1.

7 October 2022

Patron, Minchinhampton Surgery Charitable Trust, will attend a Reception at Chavenage House, Tetbury, Gloucestershire.

8 October 2022

Patron, the Wooden Spoon Society, will attend the VetsFest Rugby Tournament at Moseley Rugby Club, Billesley Common, Yardley Wood Road, Billesley, Birmingham, West Midlands.

11 October 2022

Will visit the Lakes Distillery at Cockermouth, Setmurthy, Cumbria.

President, Riding for the Disabled Association, will visit the Blairgowrie Group at Easter Rattray Farm, Blairgowrie, Perth and Kinross.

Will visit the International Fire and Rescue Association training facility at Strathore Road, Thornton, Kirkcaldy, Fife.

12 October 2022

Patron, Durrell Wildlife Conservation Trust, will hold a 50th Anniversary of Patronage Reception at St. James's Palace.

Will attend the Annual National Service for Seafarers at St. Paul's Cathedral, St. Paul's Churchyard, London EC4.

Court Member, The Fishmongers' Company, will attend the Court Autumn Dinner at Fishmongers' Hall, London Bridge, London EC4.

13 October 2022

Patron, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, will attend a Reception at Members' Dining Room, House of Commons, London SW1.

Patron, The Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport (UK), will attend the Women in Logistics Annual Conference at Volvo Trucks UK and Ireland, Wedgnock Lane, Warwick, Warwickshire.

Life Vice President, National Federation of Young Farmers' Clubs, will attend a 90th Anniversary Dinner at the Farmers Club, 3 Whitehall Court, London SW1.

14 October 2022

President, Riding for the Disabled Association, will open new North Pembrokeshire and Cardigan Premises at Havard Stables, Dinas Cross, Newport, Dyfed.

Will open Haverfordwest High School at Queensway, Haverfordwest, Dyfed.

Will attend the 2022 World Rowing Coastal Championships Beach Sprints and open the Coastal Schooner Interpretation Centre at Saundersfoot Harbour Events Deck, Saundersfoot, Dyfed.

17 October 2022

Past Master, the Worshipful Company of Woolmen, will attend a Dinner at Mansion House, Walbrook, London EC4.

Gatcombe Park: Guardian, Give Them a Sporting Chance, will hold a Management Team Meeting at Gatcombe Park.

Gatcombe Park: Guardian, The Chaffinch Trust, will hold a Management Team Meeting at Gatcombe Park.

18 October 2022

Will attend the Clothiers Company 500th Anniversary of Ordinances Dinner, the Guildhall, High Street, Worcester, Worcestershire.

19 October 2022

Patron, Sense Scotland, will open TouchBase East Dunbartonshire, 59 Springfield Road, Bishopbriggs, Dunbartonshire.

Patron, Columba 1400, will attend a Reception and Dinner at Blair Estate, Dalry, Ayr and Arran.

Patron, Seagull Trust Cruises, will re-commission Canal Passenger Boat, 100 Southbank Road, Kirkintilloch, Dunbartonshire.

20 October 2022

President, Riding for the Disabled Association, will visit Ashmount, Ruddington & Wenlo RDA Groups at Meadow School of Riding, Bowley's Barn Farm, Stanford Lane, Normanton-on-Soar, Loughborough, Nottinghamshire.

Will attend the Seven Seas Club Centenary and Trafalgar Night Dinner at the National Liberal Club, 1 Whitehall Place, London SW1.

Will visit Kays Scotland, 9 Barskimming Road, Mauchline, Ayr and Arran.

21 October 2022

Patron, Maritime UK, will launch the National Centre for Coastal Autonomy at Plymouth Marine Laboratory, Prospect Place, Plymouth, Devon.

Will visit the Centre for Space Technologies at Cornwall Airport Newquay, St. Mawgan, Newquay, Cornwall.

Will visit Communications Facility, Goonhilly Downs, Helston, Cornwall.

1 November 2022

Will visit the restored Junk Yacht Boleh at Haslar Marina, Gosport, Hampshire.

Patron, The Royal Navy and Royal Marines Charity, will open the Gosport Services Community Hub at Brune Park Community School, Military Road, Gosport, Hampshire.

Will visit the restored Junk Yacht Boleh at Haslar Marina, Gosport, Hampshire.

3 November 2022

Will attend a Luncheon at Coutts, 440 Strand, London WC2.

Patron, The Royal College of Emergency Medicine, will attend a Conference at Octavia House, 54 Ayres Street, London SE1.

President, British Olympic Association, will attend the TeamGB Dinner in Central London (venue tbc).

4 November 2022

Patron, Moredun Foundation, will attend a Conference at Pentlands Science Park, Bush Loan, Penicuik, Midlothian.

5 November 2022

Patron, Scottish Rugby Union, will attend Scotland versus Fiji International Rugby Match at Murrayfield Stadium, the City of Edinburgh.

8 November 2022

Royal Fellow, The Royal Academy of Engineering, will attend a New Fellows' Dinner at Drapers' Hall, Throgmorton Street, London EC2.

9 November 2022

Patron, Learning and Work Institute, will attend an 'Art for the People' event at City Lit College, 1 - 10 Keeley Street, London WC2.

Chancellor, Harper Adams University, will attend a 'How do we achieve Net Zero in Farming and Food?' discussion at Rabobank, Thames Court, One Queenhithe, London.

Commandant-in-Chief (Youth), St. John Ambulance, will hold a Young Achievers' Reception at St. James's Palace.

10 November 2022

President, World Horse Welfare, will attend the Annual Conference at Royal Geographical Society, 1 Kensington Gore, London SW7.

Patron, Wetwheels Foundation, will attend a Reception at Mansion House, Walbrook, London EC4.

11 November 2022

as President, Royal Yachting Association, will chair the Annual General Meeting, attend awards ceremony and luncheon at One Great George Street, London SW1.

15 November 2022

President, Riding for the Disabled Association, will visit the Maisemore Group to mark the Fiftieth Anniversary at Hartpury College and University, Hartpury, Gloucestershire.

16 November 2022

Patron, St Margaret's Chapel Guild, will attend an Annual Service at St. Margaret's Chapel and subsequently attend the Annual General Meeting, Queen Anne Room, Edinburgh Castle, Edinburgh.

will attend a Service to mark the nine hundred and fiftieth Anniversary of the Founding of Priory at Dunfermline Abbey, St. Margaret Street, Dunfermline, Fife.

24 November 2022

Chancellor, University College of Osteopathy, will attend the Graduation Ceremony at Bridge Theatre, 3 Potters Fields Park, London, SE1.

will attend a Biennial Reunion Reception of the Association of Royal Yachtsmen at the Royal Thames Yacht Club, 60 Knightsbridge, London SW1.

25 November 2022

Colonel in Chief, Intelligence Corps, will take the salute at a Passing Out Parade at Chicksands, Bedfordshire.

[anniesartthings]

FMP Artist Research- Cathy Mager

As I embark onmy #FMP at @strodefad​ I am loking at how we can #createrecovery using creative arts. Last year during lockdown I submitted a collage and audio composition for a #soundsfromhome project with Arts and Disability charity CEDA and curated by artist Amanda Lynch. The online exhibition was shown on Instagram and I connected with the network to leanr more about making art more accessible. This week I attended a networking event organised by CEDA south West with guest speaker Cathy Mager.

Cathy is the winner of the BBC Arts Culture in Quarantine 2020 commission with The Space Arts supported by Unlimited , and is an artist, curator, social activist and cultural programmer, she also happens to be deaf. Her talk described her many projects and roles in the community art space, as well as the discrimination she faced in education, such as Universities offering conditional places not based on her grades, but on her waiving legal requirements for reasonable adjustments! As a former Equality and Diversity rep I found this shocking, but as Cathy described, the challenges and barriers she faced led her to completing a degree in socially engaged art and taking her creative practice out to challenge so many social issues with a real understanding of what it feels like to be marginalised and excluded by society.

She shared her experiences of commissioning and managing public art projects (and she has worked on some pretty big ones!) , including the risk assessment considerations and the impact of the environment and compliance issues on the work. Examples included creating a building scale sculpture on an island that floods regularly so the piece had to be raised on stilts (Occupation, by Rich White), and the public opposition to a mural on a canal lock wall (We Open the Floodgates, by Lucy McLauchlan), a project that had the artist painting from a barg on the water on a restored canal lock area on the Birmingham-Worcester canal.

The film ‘Sign Night’ has won numerous international awards, and is described on Cathy’s website as a ‘ poetic conversation in sign language between two star crossed lovers, projected onto buildings in central Bristol. The deaf performers share their dreams for the future from building to building, across the night sky ‘

(Image taken from BBC webpage- https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/p08njv6z/culture-in-quarantine-filmed-in-lockdown-sign-night)

Cathy talked about her challenges in making this film including the weather for the projection and the cultural norms of having music and subtitles that detracted from the intention of the film as focussing on a silent, visual conversation between two deaf lovers. the compromise was to have optional subtitles, so that non-signers could understand but those that did sign had the choice of watching without subtitles. This made me think about how inclusive my creative practice is and how to plan my project with risk assessment and inclusivity in mind.

The project that I resonated most with, however was ‘My Life Illuminated’ which was a project she did with the Children’s charity  Kids Company. the artist describes the project as:

‘ My Life Illuminated was an exhibition of light sculptures, projection, poetry and soundscapes made by 320 children attending Kids Company centres. Their creations illuminated how their minds, damaged by trauma and neglect, make them see and respond to the everyday world.

(image from http://www.cathymager.com/portfolio/life-illuminated-5/)

This inspirational talk helped me focus on where I would like my project to go, and I have lots of new ideas to connect with local creative projects and capture the beneficial effects of engaging in creativity to promote recovery of not only the individual, but our communities and whole society .

[nuclearblastuk]

FIT FOR AN AUTOPSY | RELEASE BRAND NEW VIDEO FOR 'WARFARE' AHEAD OF EUROPEAN TOUR

This Saturday, new Jersey six-piece FIT FOR AN AUTOPSY will embark on a 28-date European tour in support of THY ART IS MURDER alongside CARNIFEX, RIVERS OF NIHIL and I AM. To celebrate the occasion, the band presents a brand new music video for their track 'Warfare', off their latest album 'The Sea Of Tragic Beasts', released last October through Nuclear Blast Records worldwide and Human Warfare (AUS).  

Check out the new video here: https://youtu.be/jWwaSWHpuU8

Order your copy of 'The Sea Of Tragic Beasts' here: http://www.nuclearblast.com/ffaa-tsotb Listen to the track in the NB New Releases Playlists: http://nblast.de/SpotifyNewReleases / http://nblast.de/AppleMusicNewReleases

Tickets for the European tour are close to selling out for several shows, so don't hesitate to grab your ticket! See below for the full list of live dates:

FIT FOR AN AUTOPSY Supporting THY ART IS MURDER + CARNIFEX + RIVERS OF NIHIL + I AM presented by METAL HAMMER & IMPERICON 25.01.  BE      Antwerp - Zappa 26.01.  UK      Manchester - Academy 2 27.01.  UK      Glasgow - Garage 28.01.  UK      Leeds - Stylus 29.01.  UK      Bristol - SWX 30.01.   UK     London - Electric Brixton 31.01.   UK     Birmingham - O2 Institute 01.02.   NL     Tilburg - 013 02.02.   FR     Paris - Cabaret Sauvage 04.02.   ES     Madrid - Mon Live 05.02.   ES     Barcelona - Razzmatazz 06.02.   FR     Lyon - Transbordeur 07.02.   CH     Pratteln - Z7 08.02.   DE     Munich - Backstage 09.02.   IT      Milan - Circolo Magnolia 10.02.   SLO   Ljubljana - Kino Siska 11.02.   AT     Wien - Szene 12.02.   HU    Budapest - Barba Negra 13.02.   CZ     Rep Prague - Meet Factory 14.02.   PL     Warsaw - Proxima 15.02.   DE     Berlin - Festsaal 16.02.   DK     Copenhagen - Amager Bio 17.02.   SWE  Gothenburg - Trädgårn 18.02.   SWE  Stockholm - Slaktkyrksn 20.02.   DE     Hamburg - Gruenspan 21.02.   DE     Leipzig - Felsenkeller 22.02.   DE     Oberhausen - Turbinenhalle 23.02.   DE     Wiesbaden - Schlachthof  

Recently the band announced a run of North American tour dates, again as support to THY ART IS MURDER. Labelmates AVERSIONS CROWN and UNE MISÈRE are also along for the ride, as well as ENTERPRISE EARTH and EXTINCTION AD. Confirmed dates for the THY ART IS MURDER North American 2020 tour are as follows:

3/12/2020    Philadelphia - Theatre of Living Arts * 3/13/2020    Baltimore - Baltimore Soundstage* 3/14/2020    Richmond - Canal Club* 3/15/2020    Charlotte - Amos Southend* 3/17/2020    West Palm Beach - The Kelsey Theater* 3/18/2020    Tampa - The Orpheum* 3/19/2020    Atlanta - The Masquerade* 3/20/2020    New Orleans - One Eyed Jacks* 3/21/2020    Houston - The Secret Group* 3/22/2020    Dallas - Gas Monkey Bar N' Grill* 3/23/2020    San Antonio - Paper Tiger* 3/25/2020    Mesa - Club Red* 3/26/2020    San Diego - SOMA Sidestage* 3/27/2020    Los Angeles - 1720* 3/28/2020    San Jose - The Ritz (San Jose)* 3/30/2020    Seattle - El Corazon* 3/31/2020    Portland - Hawthorne Theater* 4/01/2020    Vancouver - Rickshaw Theatre* 4/03/2020    Edmonton - The Starlite Room* 4/04/2020    Calgary - Dickens Pub* 4/06/2020    Salt Lake City - The Greek Station ^ 4/07/2020    Denver - The Oriental Theater^ 4/08/2020    Lawrence - The Bottleneck^ 40/9/2020    St. Louis - The Ready Room^ 4/10/2020    Chicago - Reggie's Rock Club^ 4/11/2020    Detroit - St. Andrew's Hall^ 4/12/2020    Toronto - The Opera House^ 4/13/2020    Montreal -  Theatre Fairmount^ 4/14/2020    New York - The Gramercy Theatre^ 4/15/2020    Worcester - The Palladium^

* - With  UNE MISÈRE ^ - With EXTINCTION AD

'The Sea Of Tragic Beasts' was once again produced, engineered, mixed, and mastered by the producer/guitarist Will Putney at Graphic Nature Audio in NJ. The artwork for the album was created by Adam Burke.

ICYMI: 'Shepherd' official music video: https://youtu.be/8NBFLRcmJ5o 'Mirrors' official music video: https://youtu.be/MLT81QYpTzw 'The Sea Of Tragic Beasts' official music video: https://youtu.be/C5_LHJOKNXs Trailer #1 on 'Mirrors': https://youtu.be/DgKH5GamdMg Trailer #2 on 'The Sea Of Tragic Beasts': http://youtu.be/DLjJeGrkg0U

More on FIT FOR AN AUTOPSY: 'Black Mammoth' official music video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NxLYJJnlGs8 'Heads Will Hang' official music video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iWpY_9BvTt8

FIT FOR AN AUTOPSY is: Joseph Badolato | Vocals Patrick Sheridan | Guitar Timothy Howley | Guitar Will Putney | Guitar Peter Blue Spinazola | Bass Josean Orta Martinez | Drums

www.facebook.com/fitforanautopsyofficial www.nuclearblast.de/fitforanautopsy

[itsstreetlove]

Worcester-Birmingham Canal

Alvechurch ~ June 2023

[124daisies]

Worcester and Birmingham Canal, Stoke Wharf

[doggieboat]

Trading tomorrow (Tuesday 15 October) at Alvechurch on the Worcester & Birmingham Canal. Visitor moorings by Bridge 61, Withybed Lane near the Crown Inn.

[oldgrouchygit]

A nice rainy day's walk down the Birmingham & Worcester canal

[plusonthewater]

Navigation note, 17:06 - EGB

We have returned to Kings Norton and rejoined the Worcester and Birmingham Canal. In turning left, we didn’t hit the boat that had moored across the junction – presumably to collect dents.