09-13 Boon's Wharf on Coventry Canal

Sunday 13th September: a bright sunny morning although it was quite cloudy and cool later in the day.  Set off about 10 am and headed past the station as 'Cumbria' was doing some early morning shunting.  Arrived Sutton Wharf just after 12 a little later than we thought owing to shallow canal and slow speed.  Watered up etc, and moved on through Stoke Golding. Ashby Boats only open 9-1 on Sunday and we went passed at 1:30 so too late for diesel as planned.  Brief stop at the farm shop bridge 23 for milk etc.  Past a rather fine old ice breaker

and these work boats conveniently moored centre channel!

Then on to Trinity Marina at Hinckley where we topped up diesel with 56 litres. On again we cruised making use of the dry weather and left the Ashby canal at 5:30 and through Nuneaton on the Coventry Canal

eventually mooring about 6:45pm just beyond Boon's wharf on a nice wooded stretch of canal.  Not especially cold but felt the need for the warmth of a fire

after we had covered more than 20 miles today and passed under about 60 bridges!