It started raining just as we got up this morning but was only a short shower and had stopped well before we set off stopping for water opposite the Ansty Club. I like using this tap as there are two live aboard boats there so its in constant use 12 months a year. One of the moorers is really tiding the area up, painted the bollards and the tap housing. He has also been cutting the hedge back to make it more pleasant.
I don’t know how many bridges like this the Oxford Canal Company erected?
We have seen more anglers today than we have for some time, but what we haven’t seen since Hillmorton is any trains, as for boats we saw very few until the bends before Hawkesbury Junction, then they came thick and fast.
The level on the Coventry was down about 6” surprising what a difference it makes. Charity Dock have moved some boats about since we last passed and there is now a floating, well it may be floating, garden to admire as you pass.
At Marston Junction there was a boat hovering in the middle of the cut with his stern inline with the junction facing Atherstone. When he saw me coming he waved me passed but I indicated I was going up the Ashby Canal and swung round behind he. It turned out that was what he was also trying to do and came down behind us. We met several boats in the first couple of miles, all but one we passed with ease. We also saw Brian’s old boat, Thursdays Child with the new owner, a family with 3 boys onboard. Its good to see it being used and enjoyed.
They have now moored just ahead of us for the night.
Today’s Journey
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