Pulling off from our mooring at Sutton Stop (Hawkesbury Junction)
Our continuing resolute progress towards our next festival at Norbury was going to be a steady one this morning!
Marston Junction ~ nice and peaceful entrance to the Ashby Canal
The sun soon began to break through, as we passed through Nuneaton and onto Tamworth.
Beautiful scenery after the 'urbanness' of Nuneaton
Picturesque Hartshill Yard
We wanted to get some of the Atherstone flight of 11 locks done before we moored up for the day.
I wait for the next lock to fill whilst Richard brings the butty down the lock behind
We got a fair chunk of the flight done after having a dinnerbreak and a walk into Atherstone for a much longed for chippy meal! We moved a few more locks down afterwards and moored for the night.
I love this farm! The donkeys are adorable
Finishing the last couple of locks the next day, we carried on to Fazeley Junction where we could empty the toilet cassettes, rubbish and fill the watertank back up.
Amington on the outskirts of Tamworth ~ pretty gardens
We had a dinnerbreak at Alvecote and then set off again for Fazeley for the evening stopover.
Leaving the 2 locks at Glascote on the edge of Tamworth
As planned, we did the ablutions at Fazeley, enjoyed an average Chinese takeaway and relaxed for the evening on the visitor moorings opposite the Facilities.
Another cute picture....
Gorgeous Hopwas
Bit further round the bend in Hopwas village
Tiny narrowboat on our way through the next village of Whittington
The gnomes still have pride of place in this garden!
Our final port of call for this day, would be Fradley Junction, round onto the Trent and Mersey Canal.
Through the first 2 locks at Fradley Junction, takes us onto the Trent and Mersey Canal and our mooring for the night ~ Shade House Lock
As the weekend was approaching, we thought we would attempt to get in at Great Haywood and open the gift shop.......
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