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Worcester & Birmingham Canal - Bromsgrove to Worcester (★★★☆☆)

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On the previous day I had been walking the Worcester & Birmingham Canal from Birmingham to Bromsgrove , and today I was continuing that journey - completing the remaining length of the canal. The canal itself, runs for 29 miles in total, and connects up the midlands to the River Severn.  On the previous day I had ended the walk by walking past 9 of the locks on the Tardebigge lock flight - and today I would start at that ninth lock, and then pass the other 21 locks on this flight - plus the other 28 locks that feature along this canal. And so it is that I head out from Bromsgrove, along Walnut Lane and then Grimley Lane, to meet up with the canal at that ninth lock.  And for those looking to do this walk over a single day, I was staying just down from the station - and so any distances for this walk will be very close to the distance if done from Bromsgrove station to Worcester station. The bridge that takes me back to the towpath Having met back up with the canal, it is ...
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Worcester & Birmingham Canal - Birmingham to Bromsgrove (★★★☆☆)

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Today we are back walking along canals  (whilst the miserable winter weather continues) - and today the plan is to walk from Birmingham to Bromsgrove, along the Worcester & Birmingham Canal, before continuing on to Worcester on the following day. The Worcester & Birmingham Canal runs for 29 miles, and although it climbs 428 feet (130 meters) over the course of it's span, it follows a fairly flat route out from Birmingham.  Today we will be mostly walking this flatter section, before passing the first nine locks of the Tardebigge lock flight at the very end of the day - one of the tallest lock flights in the UK (with thirty locks taking boats up/down a rise/fall of 220 feet, or 67 meters).  This means that this flight has one more lock than the Caen Hill 29-lock flight on the Kennet & Avon Canal - although that lock flight takes in a slightly bigger rise of 237 feet, and is arguably the more impressive flight (due to it's run of 16 locks in quick successio...
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Harrogate Ringway - Knaresborough to Knaresborough (★★☆☆☆)

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I have been looking for walks that would fit within a winter time-frame - and being a 20 mile walk that was easy to get to the Harrogate Ringway had always been on the back of my mind to try. Normally on these writeups I follow a pattern of writing up the walk, and then at the end giving a quick bit of feedback about why I gave it the rating I did - but having been quite harsh with my score in the title, it is probably best to address the 2-star rating of this walk fairly early. The walk itself, as you will find below, hits a lot of good locations and initially is a good walk - but the overall route gets let down by too many sections that aren't great walking.  There were highlights, but overall for me I wouldn't choose to do the route as set out again - and I think there are much better walks out there.  That said, I do think that a modified route would offer a nice stretch of walking - and I have flagged where I would make changes to the planned route as we head through. But...
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