A wet and windy night was followed by a bright and breezy
morning. We set off at just after 9.00 in sunshine towards Lock 8 which was
ready for us as an early boat had already come up the lock. Considering it was
still fairly early, there were a lot of boats around. We didn’t have to turn
any of the remaining Atherstone Locks, but it was slow going as we were
following a boat and there were always boats waiting to come up. But it was
good to talk to and help other boaters especially those working on their own
like those on Thursday’s Child and The Cheese Boat.
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| River Anker overflowing fields |
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| A very full River Tame |
We passed Sonflower moored at Grendon – Fran and Peter will
return to her and make their way to Fazeley by tomorrow afternoon. We, like
them, are heading for the BCF Fellowship Weekend being held at Fazeley.
Glascote Locks were also very busy. We were behind Dutch
Courage with Richard and Elizabeth Martin also making their way to Fazeley. The
boat coming the way was the other Chyandour – a boat we come across from time
to time as we cruise around the system.
We stopped for lunch after Glascote Locks and then carried
on, turning at Fazeley Junction on to the Birmingham and Fazeley Canal and
mooring up with the other BCF boats.
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| Arriving at Fazeley |
Later in the evening, about 15 of us invaded a local curry
restaurant for a meal together – a very sociable gathering!
The weather today was sunny and warm, with a strong breeze
at times and very little rain.
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| BCF boats |
I forgot to put locks and miles on the previous post, so here are the totals up to Friday evening. 14
locks 23.25 miles
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