Almost a week into the trip, we moored outside Drayton Manor Park entrance, where a footbridge designed like castles either side of the canal took you over to the road. Richard and I went for a 'recky' that evening to suss out prices and the opening times and nearly died! However me being me grilled the security guard about getting in and he told us to buy them online. We returned to the boat and discovered that we could save £7 each buying this way, so top tip for anyone in the future! Ryan and Richard cleared off to enjoy themselves and I stayed to do some sanding and varnishing on the doors in the front of the boat, my choice.Only 3 hours later and numerous phonecalls from Richard to ask if I was alright and that they had moved up in the queue since half an hour earlier and then where was Ryan and then he'd found him again, they returned! Apparently the 'scary adult rides' that they actually had had a go on had amounted to 3 as most of them were closed! So much for value for money!
The long and the short of this ramble was to tell you that all that varnishing I had managed to get done and the tickly bits on worn edges through the rest of the boat were now in jeopardy as I had planned to be on my own for most of the day! We spent the rest of the day warning each other to avoid sticking to it all over the boat!
This is a picture of one of the many beautiful back gardens we spotted.
Later that day we turned around and started down the Coventry canal. Atherstone locks -a flight of 11 locks, took us towards Nuneaton where we had decided Ryan should catch a train for Sleaford in readiness for work and college the following Monday.
Ryan confidently sent the boat up the flight doing a better job than either of us could. We stayed at the previously mentioned Valley Cruises Marina to hastily do 4 wash loads.(Really not very interesting is the fact that the generator has been in for repairs since the beginning of April so we have had to rely on the electric hookup in the marina and battery power throughout any travels, so it's return would be welcome as we can't use the generator without it!)
Saturday was another gorgeous day and I had managed to get most of the washing dry, so Ryan had plenty of spare clothes to take back with him. We set off the short journey to Nuneaton which was a complete contrast to the countryside we had just experienced. Apparently town centres are not the most secure places to moor at night so we have tried to avoid them but as we were only stopping for a few hours we moored just on the edge. Richard assembled the bikes from off the boat roof and we set off into town to the train station. He was quite happy to jump on the train and disappear before us, we didn't get the chance to wave to him, parents are so embarrassing! He arrived at my Mum's house 2 hours later, right as rain, perfectly capable, I don't know why I was so worried!
This is a picture of one of the many beautiful back gardens we spotted.Later that day we turned around and started down the Coventry canal. Atherstone locks -a flight of 11 locks, took us towards Nuneaton where we had decided Ryan should catch a train for Sleaford in readiness for work and college the following Monday.
Ryan confidently sent the boat up the flight doing a better job than either of us could. We stayed at the previously mentioned Valley Cruises Marina to hastily do 4 wash loads.(Really not very interesting is the fact that the generator has been in for repairs since the beginning of April so we have had to rely on the electric hookup in the marina and battery power throughout any travels, so it's return would be welcome as we can't use the generator without it!)
Saturday was another gorgeous day and I had managed to get most of the washing dry, so Ryan had plenty of spare clothes to take back with him. We set off the short journey to Nuneaton which was a complete contrast to the countryside we had just experienced. Apparently town centres are not the most secure places to moor at night so we have tried to avoid them but as we were only stopping for a few hours we moored just on the edge. Richard assembled the bikes from off the boat roof and we set off into town to the train station. He was quite happy to jump on the train and disappear before us, we didn't get the chance to wave to him, parents are so embarrassing! He arrived at my Mum's house 2 hours later, right as rain, perfectly capable, I don't know why I was so worried!
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