Botterham Bottom Lock
You might think that Botterham Bottom Lock is some sort of anal chastity belt, but in fact is it stage one of a two stage “staircase” lock, where the water from the top lock fills the bottom lock, and you are faced with double high gates in the middle. That was our final lock for the day, which was spent heading north on the Staffs and Worcester, back the way we had come a week ago, and then past the…