Friday 13th June; into the marina
It was lovely packing up the boat in the quiet sunshine, listening to the blackcap and other birds singing in the woods. Not much boat activity yet as it’s still early.
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| Teenage gang hanging about |
We were ready to move soon after 9 and tootled down this lovely section of the Coventry towards the marina.
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| Last bridge |
When we arrived at the marina, the first two ABC hire boats had already returned to base and were disgorging their crews. We had dealt with all the domestics yesterday so were able to return to our berth straight away, and had packed the car and left for home before 11. We had planned our return well regarding finishing the cruise and packing up the boat, but had entirely forgotten that Fridays in summer are not the best for driving to the south-west, so had to put up with heavy traffic all the way – thankfully no major hold-ups.
Less than a mile today.
Trip stats
72½ miles narrow canal, no locks
4 aqueducts; Shenton and Shackerstone, twice
4 tunnels; Snarestone (250 yds) and Heath Crescent (Coventry, 95 yds) twice – 3¼ furlongs underground
It’s been strange having no locks to do, and we look forward to having a ‘normal’ cruise next time.
Hi Debby, just catching up - when are you out next? best rgds Ian (NB Skylark (formerly Festina Lente))
ReplyDeleteHi Ian, we are very unsure at the moment as we need some work to be done on our water supply and don't have a date yet. We hope we'll be out in July and the initial plan was the Leicester ring, but we may not have time for that! When are you next out? Debby
DeleteSorry for late reply!! Sadly not out again until late October. will look forwrad to your next trip.
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