The great weather continues to follow us although we have had a few very chilly mornings that have taken to the early afternoon before warming up. Over the last few days we have left the Trent & Mersey Canal at Fradley Junction where we turned on to the Coventry Canal. Yesterday we managed one of our longest days of 7.2 hours in which we did 4 locks and 18 miles. We moored last night just past Polesworth where we met Mervyn and Sophia on nb Shear Maddness. They are on the way to the Llangollen Canal and return in under 4 weeks which involves 11/12 hour days. It will have taken us 8 weeks.
Tonight we have gone up the 11 locks of the Atherstone flight and are moored just before bridge 36.
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| Looking up to Fradley from the Trent & Mersey canal which is coming up from the River Trent at Shardlow |
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| Fradley Junction behind me to Shardlow,straight ahead the T & M to Great Haywood and to the left is the Coventry Canal where we are going. |
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| The large working boat Hadley approaching the top lock at Fradley. |
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| It's so lovely to see cygnets taking a ride on mum's back |
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| A new type of water taxi |
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| Our mooring tonight past Atherstone and just before bridge 36. |
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| I missed these two large birds on a wall going through Fazeley Junction last time |
Another varied selection of boat names and things people collect on their boats- enjoy!
