We we turned onto the Ashby mid afternoon and as Nickleson's says its a stark ( positive contrast) to the end of the Coventry canal.
We had a lazy start not setting off until 11.30 am. As it happens as I untied the mooring lines a boat came through bridge 33 north wards. Then as he passed and boat came past the winding hole so we kept hold of the centre line, just walking to get onto the stern and another boat came southbound -we travel slow so I let them go....
Springwood Haven marina is as ever lovely looking and so well presented - we will stop and get fuel there on the way back.
Nuneaton is remarkable in thats it's unremarkable - not a fan. Might be due to bad memories of being iced in here in 2012. However the canal was clear of rubbish and the locals were happy to say hello as we passed, maybe I'm being hard on the place.
The one thing I recall about Nuneaton was allotments and well done for that - all very well kept and many people working hard on them.
As above turned onto the lovely Ashby Percy's birth place. Immediately felt slower and shallow but Percy doesn't draw a lot - 24 inches IIRC. However the section near the mobile homes was showing a lot of the rock - one to hope we don't meet another boat on the return.
Cleaned the engine bilge when we moored up and adjusted the water pump belt tension.... always something to do but that's the joy of canal boat ownership !
Few photos today, not in the mood and see notes above about Nuneaton !
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