The Birmingham Canal Navigations Explorer Cruise is always a real spectacle. Image by the very talented Steve Martin.

Hi folks – it’s a lovely day today (Sunday 20th May 2018) and Brownhills is set to see the passage of a large number of narrowboats on the Birmingham Canal Navigations 2018 cruise.

The boats are headed from Pelsall where they spent the night, through Brownhills to Catshill Juction, up to Anglesey Basin near Chasewater, then back down to Longwood Junction in Aldridge through Walsall Wood.

This is a fantastic waterway spectacle, which drone photographer Steve Martin captured beautifully with his wonderful drone photo set of the cruise visiting Brownhills this time last year – click here to see here.

Thanks to David Hodgkinson for the headsup. You can read more ant the BCN website here.

If you see the tour and take some pics, why not send them in? BrownhillsBob at Googlemail dot com.

Day 2 Sunday 20^th May, to Longwood, Daw End canal (11 miles 0 locks 6 hrs)

Leave Pelsall Junction and continue to Catshill Junction, visit Anglesey Basin, return to Catshill Junction and take the Daw End canal.  Moor at the Longwood Junction where a Chineese take away evening and Historical talk/presentation is planned at the Longwood Boat Club.