The weather was clear this morning so at 9:30 I set off,
stopping at the services to offload a bit of rubbish and take on water and then
heading North along the Coventry canal
towards Marston Junction.
And this very well maintained property with an almost all
glass extension and what looks like a roof seating area.
I always slow right down when passing moored boats, engine
to tickover, it amazes me that this speed business is what boaters seem to
complain about most and yet so many don’t slow down, yet I thought this was a
bit uncalled for J
Naughty rude gnome!!!!
Passing Charity Dock where there is a very strange mix of
objects and boats.
Immediately after bridge 15 is Marston Junction, turn right
for the Ashby Canal, it cuts back on itself a bit and although there is plenty
of room it’s quite hard to judge the point at which you need to begin the turn
because you can’t see the angle until you’ve gone a bit past, but I made it
around without mishap with just one long burst of reverse to halt progress
before adding more power to turn the boat more quickly.
The Ashby canal is about 30 miles long, although only
22miles is navigable at the moment, and currently passes from the remote
Marston Junction to Snarestone, originally continuing on to Moira, there is a
section of restored canal from Donisthorpe to Moira and maybe sometime in the
future the restoration will be completed from Snarestone to Donisthorpe making
the whole length navigable again.
It is also lock free, therefore 44 miles of cruising through
rural countryside with little effort and I am going to take my time to enjoy
that!
The bridges look lovely, stone not brick, so far
although
bridge 5 where I have moored for today not quite so picturesque.
I stopped here to have a look around so I walked for about a
mile in each direction but there’s not much to see, I popped into a ‘Spar’ shop
in Whitestone and got some milk, and then back on the boat I decided to try and
bake a bread pudding, my mum used to make lovely bread pudding and I’ve never
found one to match yet, I doubt my effort will either but it’s filling the boat
with a lovely smell!
Tonights mooring.
Totals Today: 5 miles : 0 Locks
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