Nuneaton

A couple of boats went by in each direction this morning and when the next one came down we set off at about ten to ten. We had mixed luck with the locks and all the boats nicely spaced so no queuing, that is until lock four and then it snarled up. It seems that a TV celebrity was filming at the top lock and that was holding people up. CRT have put up a couple of new signs, I think it to stop people walking straight over the drop at the end of the locks, the only thing is, with the gates open walkers wont see the signs.
Someone has left some tubs of flowers by one of the bridges, I wonder if they will just die or someone will take them?

The Rothen Group look as if they are building some new work boats as there is one full length boat on its side, don’t know if its new or old and a couple of ends up on jacks. It also looks as if they have now acquired Aldridge which is moored up on their wharf.

We had planned to top up with water at the top lock but Robbie was there with his hose out so we continued on to Hartshill to fill there, while we were

waiting for the hire boat to leave the water point Jason came through the bridge on his old working boat  Barguss

Once watered up we carried on to the outskirts of Nuneaton and stopped just through Tuttle Hill bridge, I wanted to make a start treating the rust on the roof. I had planned to take all the paint off for about 4 foot but as we were right opposite houses I limited the use of the disk to the worst rust patches and then treated and primed them. I hadn’t been finished long when one of the houses started pressure washing, i wish I had carried on with the noise of the sanding disk. Eventually we decided to move, the freight trains were rattling past just a bit to close so we up sticks and carried on for another 20 minutes mooring opposite the playing field.

Today’s Journey

7 miles, 9 locks in 5 hours