For come reason we were a little late getting away today, don’t know why, we were up at our normal time. Not much movement before we left but we did manage to meet a boat in the congestion around boot wharf with double moored boats on the offside and more boats moored on the towpath so no room for boats to pass unless they pulled into gaps. Just through the bridge the Hargreaves was waiting to take on passengers, this is an electrically powered trip boat.
The end of the transport hub just through Nuneaton is unrecognisable from what we there last time we passed with the end now totally enclosed in glass.
Just before the Ashby Canal this bollard is all that is there to show a sunken cruiser, as you pass slowly by you can just make out the shape of the bows below the surface, where the rest is , is anyone's guess.
At Marston Junction we carried on along the Coventry, maybe we will go up the Ashby on our way back. At Charity Wharf you could actually see the planks in the dry dock, an unusual sight. Down to Hawkesbury Junction where Diana dropped off the recycling and then down the Coventry Canal to Coventry Basin, we met 3 boats between Hawkesbury and the basin so were confident of finding a spot. I have never noticed so many coconuts floating in the canal, mainly at the Hawkesbury end, no great problems with rubbish but did spot a trolley, I will try and lift it on my way back.
Its not often you get to take a photo of the shadow of tour boat on the underside of a bridge.There was a CRT notice about a tree down and also a cyclist warned us about it, but there was nothing in the water like that when we came down.
When we arrived at the basin the right hand North) arm was full so I winded and dropped back down the left hand one. No sooner had we tied up than one of the boats left the right hand arm, so we shuffled round, its slightly further from the road noise.
For those of you that use “listen again” on the BBC Harnser made radio 4 yesterday morning Tweet of the Day - Samuel West on the Grey Heron - BBC Sounds enjoy.
Today’s Journey
11 miles with no locks in 4 hours
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