We expected to get up to an inch of snow and a frozen canal, but both were missing and only a light frost and maybe a scattering of snow over night. Although the temperature was a bit higher it didn’t feel as pleasant as yesterday with a bit of breeze and not so bright. We only went about a quarter of a mile before stopping to fill with water.
Pushing on towards Hawkesbury the only ice we encountered was very thin just outside the Coventry Cruising Club. As we approached a boat reversed out of the club and also headed towards Hawkesbury, he was off to Coventry to watch the football mooring by the stadium.
They still haven’t finished work at the Hawkesbury lock moorings and at the moment there is nothing to tie the boat to if single handing.
Once out onto the Coventry Canal we headed towards Nuneaton. When we were coming along here last trip we passed a sunken boat, today the owner and mates were there with a couple of pumps trying to raise it.
At Charity wharf they have moved the old trip boat with no windows and holes in the cabin sides to the mouth of the slipway, that left this old wooden hull visible, I don’t think I have seen it before, it has always had something moored against it.
We carried on to Marston Junction passing a lone fisherman just before the junction, The turn into the Ashby canal from this direction is tighter than 90°
and the fisherman commented “I see you have done that before” which was nice. I normally cock up if someone is watching.
As we made our way down the Ashby we actually met a boat, the first we have met today, although we were following a couple, one of them a Rose hire boat.
By now the sun was getting lower and we moored for the night a short way before Burton Hastings at Bramcote.
Today’s Journey
8¾ miles with 1 lock in 3½ hours
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