It is Saturday afternoon at Hawkesbury Junction and we are sitting on Hunters Moon in the rain! May not even make it up to the Greyhound for a beer and the bbq is off!
A good afternoon for reading.
Saturday, 13 July 2019
Wednesday, 10 July 2019
Meandering along
A short first day took us to a favourite mooring outside Rugeley. We had stopped for lunch and decided to stay put. The Trent and Mersey is really busy now. It seems that there has been a great departure of boats from their marinas and moorings since we were last travelling. As we sat in the sunshine, yes that's right, sunshine, we watched boat after boat pass by in both direction.
These busy boat movements started very early the next day as well. For us it was a brief stop in Rugeley to visit Tesco then, in the warm sunshine, on to an offside mooring by the Armitage Shanks factory for a lunch stop.
With these very pleasant cruising conditions we chugged along to Fradley Junction, where we were hoping to moor. Above the locks it was chock a block, so through the locks and past the Mucky Duck, turn right onto the Coventry Canal, through the swing bridge we travelled hoping to moor along this stretch. No such luck. There were boats moored, even two breasted up, right up to bridge 91. We have never seen it quite so busy. We ventured on and we're rewarded with a pleasant sunny mooring a short way on and enjoyed our first gin and tonics this year on the back deck in beautiful, warm sunshine.
Fazeley Junction and onward tomorrow.
These busy boat movements started very early the next day as well. For us it was a brief stop in Rugeley to visit Tesco then, in the warm sunshine, on to an offside mooring by the Armitage Shanks factory for a lunch stop.
With these very pleasant cruising conditions we chugged along to Fradley Junction, where we were hoping to moor. Above the locks it was chock a block, so through the locks and past the Mucky Duck, turn right onto the Coventry Canal, through the swing bridge we travelled hoping to moor along this stretch. No such luck. There were boats moored, even two breasted up, right up to bridge 91. We have never seen it quite so busy. We ventured on and we're rewarded with a pleasant sunny mooring a short way on and enjoyed our first gin and tonics this year on the back deck in beautiful, warm sunshine.
Fazeley Junction and onward tomorrow.
Monday, 8 July 2019
Return to normal.
Well, we have had a great week back home in glorious warm sunshine when we have had bbqs, picnics, enjoyed sports days, an outdoor swimming gala, caught up with all the grandchildren and most of the children, got the garden looking reasonable and enjoyed a great, if rather hot wedding. A full on week, so returned to Hunters Moon for a rest and hopefully to enjoy the good weather, at last! Not to be it seems. The forecast is for overcast skies, and rain! We are not having much luck this year with the weather.
Anyway, we had a good journey back to Great Haywood Marina and had arranged to meet up with Dave and Val again for a meal, and a few beers, at the Clifford Arms. We caught them between their caravan trips to Wales, last month and then Norfolk in a few days time. It is great that they enjoy their caravanning as much as we enjoy our boating.
We had an extra night in the marina so Sid could do an engine service and will be off on Tuesday, heading south.
Anyway, we had a good journey back to Great Haywood Marina and had arranged to meet up with Dave and Val again for a meal, and a few beers, at the Clifford Arms. We caught them between their caravan trips to Wales, last month and then Norfolk in a few days time. It is great that they enjoy their caravanning as much as we enjoy our boating.
We had an extra night in the marina so Sid could do an engine service and will be off on Tuesday, heading south.
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