We had about ¼” of rain last night but it’s been fine all day today. We set off at 9am. backwards as usual down to Salford Junction and then along the Birmingham and Fazeley canal towards Fazeley.Minworth top lock was empty but as we were about to leave a boat came towards us so it looked good for the other two. We stopped for water just below the lock but couldn’t get the tap to run cold so we will make a point of not drinking it until we can refill the tank. At Minworth middle a boat had just turned the lock as we arrived so bit of a delay there then the bottom lock was empty when we arrived.
We continued on to the Curdworth flight, the traffic along the motorway was very slow with the exception of the fire engine and Rescue unit speeding along the hard shoulder, I think there may have been a couple of ambulances as well.
When we passed here last week there was just a cement lorry on site, all this has appeared in less than a week.
This was the same view last week.
We arrived at Curdworth top lock to find it empty so things not looking too good work wise, but as we were leaving a boat came towards us, but stopped at the water point, so we closed up behind us. The rest of the locks should have all been full, but 4 out of the 8 locks we have done in the flight have been faulty so the levels were all over the place. At one lock this little chap was sat on the towpath, but mum was just in the hedgerow and came and joined him after Diana had passed, but she soon beetled off and left him alone again.
We met one more boat coming out of lock 8 and while we were in the lock Diana nipped down to see if there were any moorings free in the next pound. The answer was a thumbs up so we locked down and moored just before the pub where we plan to have a Chinese meal tonight.
Todays Journey
10 miles 11 locks in 4¾ hours
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