We had a long day ahead of us so Richard got underway while I
showered. One of the things I love about
boating is drying my hair when we are going along! You may think that is odd but our bedroom is
at the front and I can see the countryside changing as I waft the hair drier
about – it just makes me happy :-) I’m not
sure it does the same for Muffin!
We passed the Triumph factory.
Triumph Motorcycles is the largest British motorcycle manufacturer; it
was established in 1984 by John Bloor after the original company Triumph
Engineering went into receivership. The new company (initially Bonneville
Coventry Ltd) continued Triumph's record of motorcycle production since 1902.
As of mid-2012, the company produced 49,000 motorcycles and employed 1,600
staff.
We picked up a hire boater going on tick over – he isn’t going to get
very far doing that speed. We hoped he
would turn right at Marston Junction but he went the same way as us. We followed him all the way to Hawkesbury
Junction where he spent an age turning around delaying 3 other boats.
We continued down the Coventry to New Inn Bridge (8) where there is a
Tesco.
I only took one photo on our way towards Coventry as, quite honestly,
there was nothing to photograph! We got
something around the prop at one stage so it was a visit down the weed
hatch. Richard continued down to wind
while I jumped ship at bridge 8 and walked to Tesco – it is HUGE! I think it’s probably the biggest I have ever
been in. I did a shop and scan and got
everything on my list then realised that it all had to be carted back to the
boat – there weren’t any nice canal side moorings. Richard came to help but I was pretty knackered
carrying four heavy bags in the heat.
We got back to Hawkesbury Junction and heaved a sigh of relief that we
hadn’t encountered any more problems.
We had a lock to do – haven’t done one of those for a while!
Richard decided that he wanted to get past the M69 before stopping but
then found that the bank wasn’t conducive for mooring against. We ended up stopping just after Bridge 19
however we weren’t very far from the railway!
As it got dark, even though it was raining, there was an amazing sky.
16.91 miles
1 lock
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