Last night as planed we ate in the Barley Mow, what a friendly little pub, three bees on the pumps, I had Taylor’s, Diana had Dombar and the other was one of out local beers, Wherry. Had a very nice pie and mash with crisp pastry, no soggy bottom and Diane Liver which she said was nice.
This morning it was warm and fine, but the wind had really picked up. It will be the 20th anniversary of
the tunnel lights this October, pity they didn’t put money in the budget for maintenance, one by one they failed, I don’t think they ever fitted a new lamp to any of them, I wonder if the power is still on? What a waste of £200,000
Although we put the tunnel light on I am not sure it was working as it was so light in there we couldn’t see any trace of it on the walls.
It was quite windy as we made our way along the canal, but it was nice to see all the Snow Drops out in some of the canal side gardens .
It looks as if there has been another slip just past All Oaks wood on the offside by Easenhall Road bridge number 34, I hope it doesn’t get worse before we come back.
We had two targets for tonight, the first just through Grimes Bridge 26, unfortunately there was a small cruiser with a gap to small for us each side and a motor and butty, this meant we had to continue on to Ansty. I wonder how long these barriers have been on the bridge? You can see the cruiser and the stern of the butty through it
We pulled in to the first space on the Ansty visitor moorings just as it started to rain, so we almost had a dry run today.
8 miles with no locks in 2¾ hours
Today’s Journey
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