Last night we had a Japanese takeaway and it didn’t really work very well. I ordered on line and paid with PayPal I received an email saying my order had been received and was pending until payment had been confirmed. I then didn’t hear any more for ¾ hour when I received another email saying it was ready. So I then had to walk and find the takeaway, pick up the food and walk back, so the food had been prepared for well over ½ hour before we ate it.
When we arrived in the basin yesterday there wasn’ta breath of wind and the basin was flat calm. The same was true in the evening.
But it was a different story this morning with the wind picking up over night, we even also had some rain and this was the basin this morning. Those reflections long gone.
In view of the weather forecast we set off as soon as we had finished breakfast on board, rather than a leisurely cooked breakfast at Playwrights. We didn’t meet any boats until we arrived at Hawkesbury Junction lock.
There are lots of art installations along the Coventry Arm from concrete sofas to these sculptures on posts .
Last time we were this way I photographed a tall tree which looked as if they were ready to trim it, se here , well it looks as if its had bit more than a hair cut, taking the top out,
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Beside the bridge at Hawkesbury Junction someone has been placing flowers and not just one bunch.
Last week a boat sank or was scuttled up near the Coventry Canal Society marina with lots of its contents reported stolen, this of course lead to some pollution, this and the absorbent mats has made its way right down to just above the lock . Today a CRT volunteer was down there filling his barrow from the towpath.
The boat is still moored to the towpath where it raised last week See Here
Then what made our day, to see three Water Voles nibbling grass along the towpath, I was only able to photograph one.
In the end we only had a few spots of rain, not enough to even put coats on but the wind has continued to strengthen, thankfully our chosen mooring spot was free about half way between Hawkesbury and Ansty, a length of piling just long enough for two boats and reasonably sheltered from the ever freshening wind, we are just on the edge of a yellow wind warning
Today’s Journey
8 miles with 1 lock in 2¾ hours
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