Report Number 5 SORE

Sore point reached near Wolverhampton! All was going well till the Birmingham trio came to a sign saying "towpath closed" this meant that they had to leave the canal towpath and walk through the sunny streets of Wolverhampton, till they were able to join the canal again. Dom says that this was longer than walking along the canal.
They are still accompanied by their shadows as the sun is still shining.

Keep watching this space, next report in an hour or so.

Report Number four from SORE

12.50 Just passed The Black Country Route. Rain stopped, sun out - in fact they can see their own shadows.
Will stop for a sit down a bit further on - where there are seats by the canal.

Repotr number three!

11.40 Dudley Port, Dom and Sean went to get some provisions ...lots of police around. Nothing to do with our lads... There is an EDL march in Dudley today.

11.55 Tipton, will probably stop here for P + T Managing to keep to schedule so far (sooo Good)

Report from SORE part two

The Brummie trio are making good time, they have already walked through Galton Valley and passed under the Oldbury Road Bridge. It has rained a little but was dry when I spoke to Muntz. I hope it keeps that way. Keep up the good work lads (or should that be good walk?)

Report from SORE part two

The Brummie Trio have sent off, making good time they have already walked through Galton Valley and have just walked under the Oldbury Road Bridge. It has rained a bit but is dry at the moment, keep up the good work (or should I say good walk?)

Report from SORE

The day is here. it is dry at the moment, but some clouds. Walkers from Birmingham will be starting soon!

Special Operations Room England will update you throughout the day.

The Night Before The Morning After

All the preparation is done. Now I look forward to a good night's sleep, and pleasant weather for tomorrow.

The weather forecast is, a little surprisingly, pretty good for our purposes: temperatures at or a little below normal for the time of year; scattered shower for the middle part of the day. I'd dreaded really hot weather - which would have been very tiring - or prolonged wet weather of the sort that we've had from time to time part of this week.

Three of us will be starting, at around 920am - I'll be accompanied by my brother Martin, and by Sean Spooner, who will be coming all the way over from Leicester. Absolute earliest finsih is around 7pm - probably about half an hour after that.

I did the Wolverhampton-Penkridge bit of the walk earlier this week, and very pleasant it was - plus I took half an hour off my previous time. The towpath is nice and flat - very few of those little bridges over canal junctions (there's only one, for the Shropshire Union Canal) and wharves. Very few fishermen, too, probably because most of the canal is away from public roads. I only saw two this week, one of whom was totally oblivious to my presence.

What could I leave you with, but this?