The Last Banana
We sped down the long fight of locks at Lapworth today, aided by those most welcome of canal side visions, volunteer lock keepers. A short link at King’s Norton connects the Stratford Canal with the Grand Union, and we transferred to that canal, which we will be on for the rest of the trip. Those of you who are familiar with Ben Aaronovitch’s Rivers of London stories will know that like the Thames and its tributaries, the Grand Union Canal…