Afternoon $4 crew!
As promised, today we explore the eerie remnants of one of Britain's oldest industrial canals.
The Lichfield Canal was completed in 1797, abandoned in 1954 and subsequently filled in and forgotten. Recently there has been a big movement to restore the canal to it's former glory, and while certain sections have taken shape, large sections of it, barely seen by anyone, remain overgrown and hidden.
In this adventure me and Uncle Ed sneak our way through the countryside attempting to trace the path of this local treasure and unearth flashes of it's 250 year history as we go.
Amid all the fascinating history however, sits a bizarre, imposing and distinctly modern structure that we have to try and scale if we are to complete our journey to Brownhills. Our attempts are as comical as you might imagine.
Hope you don't mind the square aspect ratio. Was going to crop it down but figured it worked well with the map features.
Have a top weekend everyone. Off filming a mini straight line mission tomorrow. Wish us luck!