Last night we ate at Jinseon Korean BBQ restaurant where you BBQ your own meal on a BBQ let into your table.
This morning we followed our normal Coventry routine. A full English at Playwrights followed by a visit to Rudens Latvian shop to buy preserved fish, cheese and biscuits and then Gorety’s Portuguese shop for freshly made cakes.
We had planned to set off at 1030 ish as soon as we had the cakes, however at 1040 the still weren't open so we set off and two things happened, a boat reversed out of the other arm and started to wind, also the shop opened so we slid back to our moorings and bought cakes.
By the time we set off through bridge one the other
boat was long gone, but unfortunately we soon caught them up and followed them all the way to Hawkesbury Junction. I managed to pick up the shopping trolley that I spotted on the way and carried it on the back deck until we reached the junction and dropped it off at the rubbish point.
One of the bridges we passed under has been painted with a large mural of swans, even so people have put graffiti on parts of it.
I think it may be a bit busy in Coventry Basin tonight as we met 6 boats heading that way between the basin and the junction including a small butty.
After we off loaded the trolley we carried on to Marston Junction having a quick word with friends as we passed. I thought I would just post a photo of Charity Dock drydock entrance as not many people have ever seen it.It wasn’t long before we turned down the Ashby Canal where we bumped into more friends on their boat, so another short chat. We didn’t really have a mooring in mind for tonight so just chugged along on the way having a Water vole swimming across our stern.
We decided to call it a day just before bridge 14 where there is a nice length of piling.
Today’s Journey
13 miles with no locks in 5 hours
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