......for the birthday boy.
It’s been a bit of a busy time mostly moving backwards and
forwards to get into position for happenings.
On Wednesday 16th I moved from my mooring outside
of Nuneaton and entered the Ashby canal
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| Approaching Marston Junction - The Ashby Canal left under the bridge |
It was a bitterly cold wind blowing across the open areas
but otherwise a nice day and the only thing of note was passing the water point
at Lime Kilns when I spotted N.B. No Problem filling with water, I know Sue
is a bit camera shy and she may have spotted my camera because she ducked into
the shadows of the canopy but poked her head forward and waved after I had put
the camera down J
I moored up temporarily just after bridge 16 at Hinckley and walked
along to look at moorings ahead because I had visitors coming on the 19th
and I wanted easy boat access for them, there was a lovely little section of
new pilings right opposite 'The Marina’ Brewers Fayre pub where we had a table
booked and I decided to move onto that, however, when I tried it was too
shallow, how clever is that, put in new pilings but don’t dredge alongside
them, oh well plan ‘B’ again I moved forward and after a couple of attempts
found a section where I could moor, it is a bit of a problem generally on the
Ashby, shallow edges. I was now too far from the pub especially as the towpath
was muddy, but I had noticed there were a couple of visitor spaces owned by
Trinity Marina right outside the pub, so I rang them and booked a slot for
Saturday and Sunday night.
On Thursday I got my trusty bike out and rode to Halfords
about 3 miles away and purchased a new radio/cd player, back on the boat I
fitted it in the saloon which meant lowering my previously fitted 12v socket to give me enough
room in the electrical cupboard behind it, it also meant re-positioning the
ariel on the roof and running a new cable for that, but I got it all done and
it’s now working properly.
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| The two exposed cables are for my small inverter which powers the TV |
On Friday I began the shuffling, first I had to go ahead to
the next winding hole to turn around, then I came back past the pub to the next
winding hole and turned again, I was now facing the correct way, for my next
move, and I moored where I had originally stopped temporarily (I hope you’re
keeping up), on Saturday morning I moved forward onto my booked mooring right
outside the pub, perfect.
My visitors arrived Saturday, my ex wife Elaine and my three
children, Sarah Adam and Chloe, Adams wife Natalie, and their daughter, my
granddaughter, Hazel, my sister Carol and her partner Peter, phew what a lot!
We had a meal in the pub that evening and then they all squeezed on the boat to
give me my birthday presents and to allow me to give Hazel her presents, her 1st
birthday is on Wednesday. It was a lovely evening, thank you all for coming
along, and thank you all for my gifts.
Carol and Peter had booked into the Premier Inn for the
night and so on Sunday we went for a little cruise to find a pub for Sunday
roast, there was a little moment which I won’t enlarge upon but Peter now knows not
to steer into moored boats using the water point again!
All in all a great weekend.
The next thing on the agenda is the blacking of the hull, so
this morning I set off cruising past the huge Triumph factory on the outskirts of Hinckley.
I carried on past the Ashby Canal Centre where my blacking will be done and down to Sutton
Cheney Wharf to do the necessary empty and fills, then on to Bosworth Marina where I winded (turned) again and came back to moor for the night at Far Coton.
Totals this post: 20 miles : 0 Locks : Numerous about turns J
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