Thursday 29 Sept 2011
Last night at 21:30 in pitch dark a boat arrived and moored immediately in front of me – fenders together. Decided that today would be a long run and that I would try to get through 13 locks and 10 miles, so ready to go at 07:15, just as last night’s boat was also pulling away, so she beat me to the Glascote locks. Safely through without injury, unlike last time on the way to Crick when I ‘did’ my wrist. Uneventful run down to Alvecote Marina where “Stafford”,last night’s boat, was moored with red British Waterways plates (are these trade plates like car deliverers?) Then on to the first of the Atherstone locks, which come in pairs with short pounds (see Thursday 22nd Sept) then a longer one, but even the longest of these is only a couple of hundred yards long and all eleven are within 2 miles. Not wanting to get locked in as BW have water conservancy measures in place I slogged on and was through by 15:00 then carried on to Bridge 36 where I have moored opposite Purley Park which is a beautiful view. 19:15 and just visited by a family of 5 begging swans – they are really big when they peer in the side hatches.
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