Nice quiet mooring last night and when we set off about 1030 Am the weather felt warm without a breath of wind. We met several boats today including one as we left Suttons Stop lock which was nice and one on the bends, by the moored boats at Ansty, which was not so nice.
We chugged past Marston Junction having just met the first pair of boats of the day, thankfully the first told me there was a second behind him.
At Suttons stop I didn’t take it wide enough so had to take two bites. I would have just made it if the boat had not been in front of the pub, but it wasn’t their fault, I got it wrong.
At the moment CRT have a notice out for a land slip between Nettle hill Bridge and the aqueduct. This has actually been ongoing for months or years but when we passed a couple of weeks ago the temporary towpath was under water, today the level is normal and it looks as if the towpath has actually been built around the slip.
We carried on in the rain, did I mention it had started to rain soon after Ansty and moored for the night just before Grimes Bridge, we have never stopped here before and I didn’t expect to hear the motorway here due to the hill.
Today’s Journey 9¼ miles with 1 lock in 3¼ hours
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