This coming week the TATOC team of Harry Taylor, Mark Caldicott and Ian Kerr will be taking to the water as they deliver two new Diamond Resort timeshare canal boats from Alvechurch to their new home at Anderton Marina.
"It really is like three men in a boat and we will even be accompanied by two dogs on our travels north," said Harry Taylor. "It is a slow convoy of two but we will repel all attempts to board. It will be a miracle if one of us doesn't fall in".
Harry is a Diamond points member and a retiring representative for DRI points members having completed six years on the committee. Mark Caldicott is manager of the TATOC Consumer Helpline and Ian Kerr is a TATOC indidivual member.
The team will travel a total distance of just over 90 miles and will tackle 61 locks. There are at least 32 small aqueducts or underbridges and six tunnels (Wast Hill Tunnel (2726 yards long), Edgbaston Tunnel (105 yards long), Galton Tunnel (122 yards long), Coseley Tunnel (360 yards long), Wolverhampton Tunnel (109 yards long) and Cowley Tunnel (81 yards long)). The trip is set to take at least five days to complete.
Harry and the team will be sending regular updates and photos which will be added to Harry's blog and the TATOC Facebook page.
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