Snarestone to The Terminus of the Ashby Canal

Yesterday (Thursday) we stayed put and just went for a walk in the morning and in the afternoon Kev went off to Measham to get his tooth sorted, his tooth is now okay and his pockets are a lot lighter!  Kev actually got a lift to Measham from a chap who lives opposite the pub.  

Snarestone Tunnel

We met him in the morning when he was walking his dog and while Kev was waiting for the bus, he came out of his house to go to the pub to see the landlord and got chatting again and when Kev said he was waiting for the bus to Measham to go to the dentist, he said I'll take you, it's only 10 minutes away, so he did, how kind was that.

In We Go!

Nearly Out

Almost at the /Terminus

We are off to the end of the Ashby today, the canal used to be 30 miles long but now you can only navigate 22 miles.  When we were last here, the navigation was just under 22 miles but since then they have done another 400 metres which is through a swing bridge and if we do it, we will have to reverse to the end as there is only room for small boats to turn there.

We set off from our mooring and soon came to Snarestone Tunnel which is 250 yards long and has a kink in the middle.  Into the tunnel we went and soon we were emerging into the bright sunlight.

Passing Through the Swing Bridge

Concentrating Hard

We went under two bridges and then we were at the Terminus.  We turned around in the winding hole and reversed back to the water point to fill up.

Nearly at the End

The chap who runs the Ashby Canal Association hut is a very friendly chap and we said we wanted to go through the swing bridge and reverse to the end of the present navigation, he said that was fine and he would do the bridge for us.

Moored at the End

He opened the bridge and Kev reversed through and along we went on the new stretch to the very end, backwards.  It was fun to do.

We stopped at the end, you can see where the canal used to be and hopefully will be again one day and then we chugged back.

Where the old Canal used to be

We passed the old pumping station which is now privately owned and moored up just before the swing bridge.

The End!

We stopped at the end, you can see where the canal used to be and hopefully will be again one day and then we chugged back.

We passed the old pumping station which is now privately owned and moored up just before the swing bridge.

The Old Engine House

The Terminus of the Ashby Canal

In the afternoon we went across to the little hut and got an ice-cream and sat for a while on one of the benches there in the shade, we then walked back up to the tunnel and out onto the road as we wanted to see if there was a pavement as there is a farm just up the road having a cheese sale tomorrow and we want to walk there. There was a path so that's good.

We walked back to the boat and just chilled out.  It has been even hotter today, rain and thunder storms were forecast, but no sign of either of them!

We are going to stay here now until Monday.

Moored at the Terminus