I light of the biblical amounts of rain forecast for today we set off at 8-15am on a fine but overcast morning. At Hillmorton Wharf there are now a couple of boats out on hard standing and the crane is still there, maybe the yard owns the crane. There are also two boats in the two wet docks by The Waterside pub (Hungry Horse, Royal Oak or which ever name you remember it as). I don’t know if Hillmorton Wharf have taken these over, last time I stopped there there was a suspended floor over them and it was a chandlery specialising in waterless toilets.
Hillmorton locks now have a paddle out on the top and bottom offside locks, for some reason the middle lock was with us.
We carried on past Clifton Cruisers with all their hire boats double breasted and being cleaned and headed towards Rugby. I was looking to see where the old loop of the canal use to be, the other end is Clifton Cruisers long term moorings, when I heard a door open behind me, it was nb. Oleanna. If they hadn’t opened the door and called I would have missed them completely.
I was very surprise to be able to moor so easily in Rugby, when we came through a couple of weeks ago it was packed solid, today the choice of half a dozen spots and we had got here in the dry. Diana set off for Tesco’s while I locked the boat up, by the time I set off to meet her it had started raining. Back onboard with the shopping the rain was steady, not the downpour that the TV had been going on about, so with coat on and brolly up we set off to Newbold Visitor moorings to moor for the night, like a couple of weeks ago, the moorings are empty, very surprising as there is a pub, shop, water and good mooring.
Todays Journey 5½ miles 3 locks in 2½ hours
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