Typically at Colwich Lock there was a queue and the rain was coming down harder but as there were also boats coming up it didn't take too long for us to be on our way again.
One of the boats coming up through the locks was 'Huggles' which was at Braunston when we left. Apparently it was a brand new boat but they had quite a few teething troubles with it and were hurrying to make up lost time. We wished them on their way and hope they enjoy their boat.
In an attempt to drive off the rain and keep myself somewhat warm the first part of the day was spent with the back stove lit and the back doors shut!
We passed back through Rugely and Armitage with its tunnel and porcelain factory.
We reached the locks at Fradley and this time the traffic was more typical with having to wait for boats to go down and come up all of the locks.
We rounded Fradley Junction back on to the Coventry Canal and thought about mooring up for the day. The only space was on the end of the visitor moorings. It was very shallow in the edge and after a few attempts we decided to head on a bit further and see what we could find. We reached Bridge 90 about 3pm to find a few boats moored up but plenty of room for more so we moored up for the evening.
We spent quite a bit of time watching the earth move on a Mole Hill but no Mole appeared (not that we really thought it would) but it was quite interesting watching the worms 'run' away on the surface.
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