Hartshill to Hopwas

We were woken by the quarry opposite the canal starting work at 6 am but managed to get back to sleep only to be woken again by the heating not coming on.  We have a diesel heater which heats our hot water in the morning but it seems to be a little temperamental at times!

We set off just before 9 am and passed the old waterways maintenance yard.

We arrived at Atherstone Top Lock just before 10.  We were going to stop for water but for some reason didn't however we did stop in the end just above lock 5.

We left the bottom lock at 1209 and headed on to our intended mooring at Polesworth.  We got there just after 1 pm and as it was still early we decided to push on.

We entered the outskirts of Tamworth and passed through the 2 Glascote locks reaching Fazeley Junction at 3 pm.

I was now back on a route I'd been on before however I couldn't remember much of it.

We got to the visitors mooring at Hopwas at 4 pm and moored right outside the Tame Otter pub.

After sorting a few things out we went for a quick walk before heading back and having a very nice meal in the Otter.