Date - 5 Oct 06 Day - Thursday Start - 0900 Ashby Canal End - 1645 Royal Oak Hillmorton
Last night the sky was clear and the moon and stars shone brightly, the wind dropped away to nothing. The BBC weather forecast said that today it would rain in the afternoon. They didn't say that afternoon started at 8-30 AM. But it did stop just before lunch only to start again this afternoon to prove the BBC correct. We set off from between bridges 2 and 3 around about9 this morning in light rain with the sun trying to get through.We had a good run to Hawksburry Junction swinging into the basin moments before a Black Prince boat was about to leave the lock and set it ready for us and there was a boat behind him so we were also able to leave the top gate open as we left. As we left the lock a chugger pulled out of the moorings in front of us, I say a chugger, he then preceded to chug at 2 MPH all the way to Streton Stop. The only thing that made it bearable was that he didn't slow much when passing moored boats and we did, so we had a short run catching him up again. At Streton Stop he pulled into the visitor moorings and took a rope ashore and his wife went back into the boat and then walked down towards Rose Narrowboats. I thought she had gone shopping so went passed him, but it turned out that she had walked all the way down to open the swing bridge. We didn't see them again. BW have removed some of the obstructions in the cutting but there is still a large float on a tree stump that has slid into he cut. We pulled over at the new marina that is being constructed off one of the old loops, now the area has been cleared you can see the old arm running off beside the new marina and it is still in water and looks in good condition. We carried on in the progressively heavier rain to Hillmorton Locks where a boat was on its way down and two more waiting behind it, this meant the other two were set in our favour but we didn't meet any more boats. As it was such a miserable day we decided to stop for the night right outside the Royal Oak where we will eat tonight. -- Brian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Visit my Web site at http://www.harnser.info Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/canals-list/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/canals-list/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
