Live Boating

 Monday 8^th May

Fradley to Amington

We started soon after 7.00 which was before any other boats appeared. We had also hoped to beat the rain, but it arrived early and we did Shade House Lock and Fradley Middle Lock in the rain. We turned off the Trent and Mersey Canal onto the Coventry Canal through a swing bridge.

Swing Bridge at start of Coventry Canal

Chyandour turning onto Coventry Canal

 No more locks for hours, so I hid inside, while Steve put up his umbrella and steered through the rain. Not surprisingly, there were not many boats on the move.

We stopped for lunch at Fazeley, but as the rain was lessening, we were soon on our way again hoping to travel in the relatively dry spell. Half an hour later we arrived at Glascote Locks. We were following another boat, but as they stopped for water immediately after the locks, one of their crew kindly helped us in working the locks. We carried on a little further to Amington where we moored up.

The weather was still dry so we went for a short walk around Amington and then went for a cup of tea with a local BCF member.

Back to the boat just as it started to rain again. Rain continued throughout the evening.

Today’s miles and locks – 13.75 miles   4 locks    

Total miles and locks – 287.00 miles    179 locks