Wednesday 28 September 2011
Having breakfast at 07:45 when “Monarch”, a Fellows, Morton and Clayton boat towing “Grimsby” an unpowered tender or butty, went past. Ready to move at 08:50 then a steady run down the Coventry canal to Huddlesford where I passed “Farne”, another Braidbar boat that had been at the open day. On to Whittington and through Bridge 78 where the canal changes its name to the Birmingham and Fazeley canal, you have to look for a marker stone on the towpath for the exact point. The B&F doesn’t have bridge numbers, all bridges are named so that is another clue that you have changed canals. The canal goes past a military firing range, so probably not a good idea to moor on the side opposite to the towpath. At Fazeley the B&F heads away and the canal reverts to being the Coventry with bridge numbers. Today has been just like a summer’s day and there have been few boats out. Moored at Bridge 77 even though I’ve been through 15 bridges.
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