Date -  24 May
Day - Sunday
Start - Ansty
End -Flecknoe

We started in good time this morning and by 10 am we were winding in the mouth 
of the Coventry Canal Cruising Club to head back south. We met a few boats but 
things were much quieter than yesterday and there were even mooring places in 
Rugby.  There were a few boats leaving Rose Narrowboats as we arrived and this 
gave us quite a slow run to Newbold where they stopped.  When I say slow they 
went at a constant speed wether on the open cut, to slow, or passed moored 
boats, to fast. All the visitor moorings at Newbold were full today but several 
long term ones were empty. We arrived at Hillmorton Locks just as a boat was 
coming out and had empty locks all the way up.  Once at the top of the locks 
things for some reason started getting busy and we met lots of boats between 
here Braunston. 
We went into Braunston Marina to do a pump out and then stopped at the Stop 
House to fill with water. The mooring Warden seemed to have a full time job 
telling boats they couldn't moor at the water point overnight.  The first 
vacant moorings were well along the puddle bank but as we were eating onboard 
we carried on towards Flecknoe.  I have never seen so many boats moored along 
this section of canal, There were boats almost nose to tail all the way along 
any piling until we past through bridge 102,  Here there were only a few boats 
so I pulled in a little after 8 pm. as looking forward along the canal to the 
straight section ahead all  I could see was moored boats. 
The water level in this pound is down by over 4" this evening which is a bit 
worrying for this early in the year, we have noticed this week that most levels 
have been a bit low.

You will find our latest position at 
http://tinyurl.com/Harnser-s-route



You will find our latest position at
http://tinyurl.com/Harnser-s-route
-- 
Brian  

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