Stopped at Brindley Aqueduct Richard & Sharon and Dit & Grod.
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| Pasty perfection's by Dot. |
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| The little people outside the Stag's Leap. |
The
Stags Leap was a 10 minute walk from the moorings where we had a good lunch with Dit, Grod, Richard and Sharon. After goodbye's the following morning we headed off to the Junction at Fradley for an overnight stop. From there we will make our way down the Coventry Canal towards Hawkesbury Junction.
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| Always plenty happening at this busy yard. |
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| King's Orchard bridge. |
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| The Red Red Robin. |
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| Hay walls in Staffordshire. |
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First stopping point was Tamworth, Delboy's
Reliant Robin was manufactured here along with Scimitar sports cars.
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| Del boy & Rodders with their Reliant van |
Moored opposite
Alvecote marina with the adjacent
Samuel Barlow pub, Richard & Sharon joined us for a Happy Friday drink. We stayed a little longer than we expected, we were all torchless fumbling our way back to the boats.
Today we set off at about 08:30 first stop was the water point at Bradley Green before tackling the eleven locks that make up the Atherstone flight. The further up the flight we went the more boats we met descending and at the top lock a jolly volunteer lockie helped us through.
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| Richard & Sharon under Bradley Green bridge |
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| Entering one of the Atherstone locks. |
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| Top lock cottage |
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| Grandad said he used to tow the narrowboats........... |
We called it a day after a six-hour cruise and pulled in at Apple Pie lane bridge before Harthill Yard.
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