There were two people at the Beaufort Arms bar doing some business with the landlady who seemed unusually friendly, almost dementedly so. But, they left as I paid for my beer and she went about setting things up for the day. I was left watching Loose Women with only Marilyn for company.
Gorgeous house, though. Maybe it picks up later in the day.
The Badshah Palace is a lovely building and well preserved considering the delicate, 93-year-old brickwork. I reckon that some of it is replaced since I was unable to locate the cut benchmark on it ( and the bolt that constitutes Triangulation Point 18454 is somewhere, inaccessible, on the roof). Here it is in its original glory showing a Jean Harlow film):
It was a drenchingly rainy day but I did manage to find a couple of benchmarks, this one over on the Hamstead side of the canal on Rocky Lane:
It was right at the edge of the pet shop and the offie, shown below, but there were half a dozen others either lost to refurbishments or located on private residences.
The canal crossing, itself, was impressive though.
This was a section of canal I had run back during the lockdowns, well before the Commonwealth Games. Deep in the cut at the time I wondered where this bridge linked neighbourhoods.
That write up is here. It is dull and only there to show the canal furniture but if you want the crossing you’ll find it marked.
Of course, this trip also entailed a pub stop. Having started at the Beaufort Arms near my first unsuccessful search, the damp trek ended at the Towers Inn where the Cut Mark is still visible despite many layers of paint.
The area has built up quite a bit since this photo 75 years ago. As noted elsewhere, some of the customers this day were probably also here then.
Endless British Pub Crawl (Part 3) 