As you will see, we did not set out on our cruise yesterday because of the weather. However, this morning was a totally different situation. We were on our way by 0830 hrs.... a brief stop at Fazeley to post a couple of birthday card and to get a paper, no queue at Glascote - that must be a first for years!!
Then, we arrived at Atherstone Locks...... there was a stoppage.... there was too much water on the flight and the towpath was flooding...!! How can you have too much water when we are in the middle of a drought?????
BW were out in force and after a short delay (we were held up for only 30 minutes - apparently boats at the top of the flight had been waiting for up to 3 hours) we were on our way. It was one of our easiest passages up the flight, BW were everywhere trying to help, and boats were coming down so we had an easy life for once...
It had been our intention to stop at Atherstone but there was no room, so on to Hartshill where there was plenty of room. Tomorrow we will catch a bus into Nuneaton to buy a couple of bits and peices we forgot to stock up on - the bus stop is right by the canl bridge at Hartshill and the bus takes you to within 100 yards of ASDA in Nuneaton....
A long day by our standards, eight hours cruising, 13 locks and 16 miles..... tomorrow will be a lot easier!!
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