Departure 9am. We travelled 600 yards then stopped at Shobnal Marina chandlery where we bought 2 shiny new windlasses and 33m of burgundy rope to make a new centre line and mooring lines.
After leaving the Marina around 10.30 and continued down the section which runs next to the A38. Whilst I stayed warm inside by doing some some washing up, Stephanie waved at lorry drivers on the dual carriageway and had many waves and 5 toots in return. Once we’d left the A38, the scenery became much more picturesque. Our next destination was Alrewas, passing through the section where the river and the canal share a channel.
Note the barrier behind me to keep people from accidentally going down the wier
As it’s the river section we were wearing our life jackets
We stopped for lunch in the very pretty village of Alrewas at around 2.30, left again at 3.15pm and carried on to Fradley Junction.
As we were doing the third of the Fradley flight of 5 locks, the heavens opened and I got soaked. I moored up at the first available spot, got changed and waited for the shower to pass. The mooring had an odd bar under the water which meant that the boat bumped around a lot, so I decided that I’d prefer to stop somewhere which felt more secure. So after a stoppage of about 45mins ( 5.30 til 6.15) it had stopped raining and we continued to complete the flight and then do 1 more lock before we found a suitable mooring spot for the night. We ended up mooring near bridge 55 on King’s Bromley at approximately 8.10 pm.
Stats for the day:
Travelling time: 8 hours.
Distance/Locks travelled: 11 miles, 13 locks
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