A dull start to the day with light drizzle, first job a traditional English breakfast from Playwrights, they open at 8-30 and we were the first customers of the day as we wanted to get away in good time. With the still air and mirror water there was a chance for a few reflections like this one representing Coventry’s weaving history .
And the the lights under the bridge, I think they must have been revamped since our last visit as all were working.
A rather sad sight just beyond Hawkesbury Junction on the Coventry, we had to go up as far as Bedworth Hill Bridge to drop Diana off so she could pick the car up.
Back to Hawkesbury and through the lock the lock moorings are receiving some attention.
The towpath contractors are probably carrying out the final cut of the year, one chap on the mower, two with strimmer's and one with a hedge clipper.
Rother are also repairing the towpath nearer the offside long term moorings at Colehurst Farm, unfortunately their boat with the digger in it had gone walkabouts, being alone with no where to moor and a rather poorly back there was nothing I could do, but a boater moored further down was going to look.
I passed through the area of the recent land slip, the canal is fully open but the towpath remains closed, even if people are working their way around the barriers at each end. There had been three slipsin total from what I could see, the large one with a smaller one opposite and then another on the same site as ahistorical slip where gabions were installed to support it.
Once clear of the cutting was Diana and our mooring for the night.
Today’s Journey1 lock, 15½ miles in 6 hours
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