It’s here now after a slow start.

3 locks, 8.63 Miles. 1 Swing bridge. Now moored at bridge 90 Coventry Canal.

One of the latecomers

Yesterday was not a great start to Summer with it being cold wet and miserable all day. It got so cold in the afternoon that we fired up the Mikuni diesel fired central heating. After nearly 7 weeks of inactivity the unit fired up first pop which was a blessing. Needless to say we didn’t go anywhere, just spent the time updating the computer and making a quick trip to Morrisons.

What! another new marina, even if it is small

This morning was overcast but dry when we set off for Fradley Junction. A couple of intending boaters (Phil & Sally) had contacted us asking if we could meet them at Fradley junction for a chat about living aboard a narrow boat. Despite the usual traffic jam around the 3 locks above Fradley junction we made a mooring on the Coventry Canal by 1pm where Phil & Sally found us shortly afterwards.

Much appreciated help

After a couple of hours of canalia chat they had to head home and as we were listing badly to starboard and unable to get TV, we decided it was such a beautiful afternoon even though it was 4.30pm (very late for us to be cruising) we could afford to cruise for a bit longer to find a more suitable mooring near Fradley village.

Look Richard, here’s one for you - Napier

2219 locks, 4264.25 miles, 91 tunnels, 131 swing bridges and 58 lift bridges since Nov 2006