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| Cafe by Stenson Lock |
We are on the move today so we left The Ragley Boat Stop
behind and chugged on our way. It was a
really nice place to moor, lots of birds singing in the trees and ducks, etc.
on the canal. There was one duck which I
think had fallen in love with us as she stayed by our boat just gazing up at
the windows, it was quite funny, we did feed her a couple of times, so really
that’s probably why she hung around, not that she had fallen in love with us,
but it sounded good!
We chugged on along for about a mile and we were at Stenson
Lock. This is a wide and deep lock but
there are lock keepers on this lock so that really helps. We had to wait for a boat that was going up
and then we thought a boat was coming down but they were going to turn around
in the winding hole just before the lock so we emptied the lock. They then realised the winding hole was too
small so they would have to come through the lock to the next winding hole so
they then had to wait for us to come up the lock.
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| Waiting below Stenson Lock |
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| In Stenson Lock |
The lock keepers helped me open the gates and Kev brought
the boat in. The lock keepers then
filled the lock very slowly and up the boat came and soon we were out the lock
and chugging on our way.
We went under a few bridges and we moored up just before the
footbridge across the canal and the entrance to Mercia Marina.
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| View of our boat from Footbridge |
We had lunch then went for a walk over the footbridge and
into the Marina, we had a look around the shops and then had a coffee in the
Boardwalk café/bar. We then sat for a
while in the Marina watching the world go by, had an ice-cream then walked back
to the boat.
We are staying here tonight then we are off into the Marina
tomorrow as we are leaving the boat there for a few days as on Thursday we are
off to Ely to stay with our good friends Geoff and Sue and on Saturday Geoff
and Kev are off to Silverstone for the British Grand Prix. We are really looking forward to seeing our
friends and Kev can’t wait to go to Silverstone. We will be back to the boat on Tuesday.
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| Moored at Willington outside Mercia Marina |
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