Marston Junction

First job this morning was into the café at 9-30am for a full English, well almost. One full, one veggie and share the meaty bits abut. This meant we were

a bit late getting away on what seamed more like an early summer morning than early spring. The canal was surprisingly quiet after how busy yesterday was, but from the moorings it was obvious that lots of people had moved in yesterdays nice weather. At Dadlington Wharf I just happened to glance across the towpath side and saw this, I had to back up clear of the trees for the photo. Normally I would have hopped off and walked back, but the towpath is just a sea of mud. Now I have never noticed these

before and when I did an online search I found they had only been there since August last year. Full information about them at Richard III Country.  The water level through Hinkley is actually higher than when we went up a couple of days ago and I had to swiftly remove the stove chimney at the bridge by the marina.
Throughout the day the wind freshened  and also the cloud increased but it stayed dry. At the very end of the Ashby canal near Marston Junction someone has been using the stack of bricks to build a seat and a fire pit.

We crept out of the junction and turned left onto the Coventry Canal passed just under the bridge and moored for the night.

Today’s journey

 

11½ miles with no locks in 4¼ hours