We did consider eating in The Boat last night but we wanted to watch the Olympic opening ceremony on TV, we did nip in for a bint but they didn’t have anything on the pumps, so we nipped out again. May as well open a bottle on the boat.
Opposite where we moored is one of those canoe catamaran things that you normally see full of youngsters, its been moored there for some while and the local ducks look to have taken a liken to it.
This morning we set off at 10, before the hire boat moored ahead of us who arrived yesterday evening. Curdworth Tunnel is completely full of cobwebs, I wouldn’t want to be walking along the tow path through there.
We arrived at Curdworth top lock to find it full a good result, we even met a boat a short way before lock two and then an other further down at 5 so all locks were with us and most were full.
Down in the area of lock 5 HS2 is plodding on as the bridge over the motorway is creeping towards the canal, at what point does it become a viaduct ?
By now the hire boat we had been moored ahead of last night was in view, but they were never waiting for the lock we were in of even the pound above. The last lock of the day for us was lock 8 which now supports one of CRTs famous temporary balance beams, at least it keeps the lock open until a new one can be made.
We moored for the night on the end of the row of boats by the Dog in a Doublet pub and a short time later the hire boat moored behind us. Since lunch both the hire boat and the boat ahead have moved on and we look like the git gap kings in the middle of a long space, but there is room for boats both side of us.
Today’s Journey
4 miles, 8 locks in 2½ hours
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