Bridge 47 to Atherstone - Coventry Canal

Monday 25^th, Tuesday 26^th and Wednesday 27th June

Fab Night Sky

Lovely Sunset

The last couple of days (Monday and Tuesday) we have stayed put and Kev did some more painting and other jobs and I washed the front and back covers and did a few other things.  Monday we walked up to Atherstone which was about a mile away to have a wander around the shops and get a few supplies.  It has been a lovely spot where we have been moored, just the sound of the birds to keep us company and the odd boat chugging by and some fantastic sunsets and night skies, but it is now time to move on.

Here he comes

Approaching our first lock of the day

We are going up four locks this morning (Wednesday) so we set off from our mooring about 10am.  The first lock wasn't far away and a boat had come past us so the lock was set in our favour.

These locks have steps up the side so I got the gates open and Kev got off the boat went up the steps and brought the boat into the lock on a rope, he can then do one side and I can do the other, that way I don't have to keep going back and forth across the gates.  

One out, one in

In the lock

A boat was coming down so we left the gate open and went on to the next one.

We were soon through that lock and onto our third lock, this one was set for us as well so didn't take long to get through.  I went on to our fourth lock but unfortunately this one was full so I emptied it and Kev brought the boat in, there was a boat waiting to come down so I got some help.

Approaching our third lock

We chugged on from the lock and moored up not far from there in the visitor moorings before the bridge.

Our last lock for today

We had lunch then walked up to the town to do some food shopping, there is a large Co-op and an Aldi.  We also found a butchers so bought some of their home cured bacon and home cooked roast ham.

We took all our shopping back to the boat and will just chill out now, it really is too hot to do much else.

We are staying here tomorrow as well as there is a train station a short walk from the canal and so we are off to Milton Keynes for a look round as we haven't been there before then we will be on the move on Friday.

Moored at Atherstone