Bottom Atherstone locks

Another murky day with with very little boat movement. Arriving in Atherstone there were only a couple of boats moored above the locks on the visitor moorings but still one found it necessary to moor on the top lock moorings which is also part of the winding hole. Some of Atherstone inhabitants are welcoming Christmas canal side.

  We went down the first 5 locks before stopping for lunch and popping up to Tesco for a couple of final items, the place was heaving. That sorted we were off again to complete the flight, at lock 6 they have made a nice little seat in the access wall.

Needless to say all the locks except one were completely against us and we finally moored up just below the bottom lock at quarter to four.

Today’s Journey

4 miles with 11 locks in 3¼ hours