Last night we ate in The Anchor and I think its probably the best pub meal we have ever had, the beef was so tender that the knife slipped straight through it.
We were moored back by the old railway bridge which was very quiet overnight, but be warned, they open for business in the yard opposite at 6am so I am not sure what time they start work.
Again we set off about 10 am heading for Atherstone to deposit some second hand books and buy more, also a trip to Aldi. On the way we passed the Hartshill yard which looked to being used more.
A little further on by the winding hole CRT were manually breaking up and removing the sunken cruiser that has been there for months, pulling it out a small piece at a time.
Passing the Rother Group moorings another sad sight, the steel work still looks straight even if all the paint was burnt off.
There were a few boats moored at Atherstone and even with the mooring restriction due to the demolition of the hat factory there was plenty of room for us. Some moorings are out of use,all the rings, the Armco beyond them is fine.
I shot a short video of the nipper carefully removing parts of the upper floor. anything that fell over the canal was caught in the nets on the pontoons
We stayed moored in Atherstone to eat lunch before setting off, we were hoping that a boat may have come up in that time, but the last one we saw went down. We moved off at 2 PM, the demolition team were back at work unlike any Volockies on the flight.
We had mixed luck, turning the fires two and last four. Having lock 4 turned while we were in 3, that was after he opened the bottom paddles not noticing the top gate was wide open and the crew at lock 5 walked back and closed the top gate as I was dropping down in 4. The rest went well meeting boats in handy places. At one lock there was a large flush of wild garlic on the offside by the bridge.
The levels in the flight were quite good, only between 7 and 8 was a bit low but was full of moored boats who were all afloat OK.
Once we cleared the bottom lock we pulled in and moored for the night
Today’s Journey 5
miles with 11 locks in 3½ hours
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