Ansty

A nice quiet night despite being moored right against a road bridge, at least they didn’t pip the horn every time they crossed. We were away at 10, reasonably warm but overcast all day with a cooling breeze.
The canal was much quieter today and we didn’t see that many boats on the move. Passing the Lime Kilns CRT long term moorings there were only acouple of boats there, likewise at Burton Hastings fishery. With no hold ups we made our way to Marston Junction and with no one coming straight out and hard left, to our right one of Rothern’s rather smart work boats was moored up.

Between Marston Junction and Hawkesbury Junction there is a lot of development on the off side, you can just see the roofs of some of the new houses in the distance, but the back fill at this end must be 2Mt deep, I wonder how much they will subside.

Diana hopped off in the narrows just before Hawkesbury junction and I failed to get round in one. There was a boat in the lock when I arrived so

 

a few minutes wait for them to leave and in we went. The bottom gate is hard to get fully open, it feels like loads of vegetation down there and needs raking out before the gate gets damaged. The moorings both before and after the junction were packed and this was 1pm, not evening, it was similar at Ansty and I had to back up and moor just through the bridge for the night.

Today’s journey

11¾ miles with 1 lock in 4½ hours