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| Boat Yard with two nice dogs! |
It was a nice sunny day as we set off from Hawkesbury
Junction. The canal was quite busy today
with a steady flow of boats coming towards us and one boat in front of us and
one behind, most we have seen for ages!
We chugged on up the canal, past a boat yard where in the garden they
have lots and lots of ornaments and rubbish and old boats, it was quite an
eyesore, but two nice dogs were stood on a boat.
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| Going past the Ashby Junction |
Soon we were passing the Junction with the
Ashby Canal. It is a lovely canal which
we have done before and we intend to do it again on another trip.
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| Going through Nuneaton |
On up the canal and soon we were passing through Nuneaton,
it seemed okay and the moorings after Bridge 20 seemed nice. We hadn’t planned to stop this time, but
maybe we will next time we come through here.
At Bridge 21 there is a Jewson and a few shops right near the canal and
moorings as well, so handy to know for the future.
This part of the canal is rather winky wonky so we wound our
way around out into the countryside and moored up just before Bridge 27 at
Springwood Haven.
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| Springwood Marina |
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| Mount Judd |
We had lunch then walked up to the bridge and up the lane to
the Springwood Haven Marina. It is a
small marina but really nice. We had a
look around the chandlery which was very well stocked. Also it is really easy to get diesel there as
they have a big open frontage and the diesel was a good price 70p a litre, but
if you have 100 litres or more, you get 5% discount, so we will fill when we go past
tomorrow. Also their gas bottles are
£24, a few pounds cheaper than most other places so we will get one of them
tomorrow as well. Near where we are moored, there is a large mound which is spoil from the old Judkins Quarry, it is known locally as Mount Judd.
We walked back to the boat and just chilled out. It went overcast in the afternoon and quite
chilly, so we lit the fire and watched the Rugby.
We are staying here tonight then heading to Atherstone
tomorrow.
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| Moored at Springwood Haven |
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