We woke to rain and set off at 10am in the rain, it continued raining all the way to Ansty before stopping. We called in at Bedworth to borrow a power supply from Chris and Terry for my laptop, unfortunately it doesn't fit, mine is a micro pin, but it was worth a try. We did meet a few boats today, even a couple of hire boats. At Charity Dock it looks as if they are removing some of the sunken hulks.
I didn't make a completes pigs ear of turning into Suttons Stop, it may had gone better if I hadn't been holding the brolly. One thing I noticed on the N Oxford was a large number of small, empty mussel shells, these were right beside the canal edge, this set me wondering if they had been eaten by a bird or a mammal? I will try to remember to stop and look a t the m on the way back to see if there are teeth or beak marks on them.
We also saw our first lambs of the season today in a field beside the towpath.
I do strange things like waving to lorries and trains, today the driver of a goods train saw my wave and gave me a bit of a toot. We also saw a goods train fully loaded with new cars and vans, a few more than you can get on a road transporter. We decided to carry on to All Oaks to moor for the night, it's rather squelchy so I was pleased to get against some piling rather than on pins. Since we have been moored up there have been several boats go and I think all the piling moorings are now full.
Today's journey11 miles 4 hours and 1 lock
To see a map of the first half of our journey click HERE. For the second half click HERE and a Google map will open
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