Following on
from the success of our last canal trip along the Leeds-Liverpool canal in 2011, a new challenge was overdue.
Rob Ambrose, my old school friend and companion of the last adventure,
came up with the idea of cycling around the Warwickshire Ring canal,
which passes close by to where he lives in Solihull, Birmingham.
Whereas last
time there was a useful website, Towpath Treks, to aid the planning of
the trip, it was impossible to find an equivalent site covering the canals making
up the Warwickshire Ring in similar detail.
So much so, we go into this experience without even knowing the exact distance
to be covered. Estimates from various
websites vary from 100 miles upwards.
In
preparation, a quick review of my previous canal blog shows there were
lessons to learn if it were attempted again.
We are doing it again and have both heeded the advice from last time out:
invest in some biker gloves with gel patches.
Armed with these we’re ready to go…
