Jenny's Predictions

Whatever happened to the good summer Jenny forecast earlier in our trip. All the signs pointed towards it but so far  it was as useless as the Met Office forecasts!

The past couple of days have bought challenging, cold northwesterly winds with rain threatening.. However, we have managed to stay dry with rain coming in the evening and overnight.

We are pressing on with our return journey having now reached Fazeley Junction, near Tamworth.

We had an unnerving incident with a hire boat yesterday when the helmsman lost control and smashed into us! The lady on board apologised, the bloke steering said he couldn't control the boat and the third person on board said it was all our fault!  When the crash happened Jenny was inside making tea. The jolt sent a shudder right through the boat and the noise was startling.  Plates rattled, glasses chinned and Jenny wondered what on earth was happening! We were both okay as we're the folk on the hire boat which was the most important thing. Then we went on are way shaken but not stirred!

Tuesday 28 June
We left  our mooring at Fazeley early to visit the facilities to dispose of rubbish, empty, cassettes and fill with water. We then managed to get to near the bottom lock at Atherstone before the heavens opened and decided to call it a day.