Wednesday 22 May 2013

Piglet: Newbold to Hawkesbury Junction 22nd May 2013

Set off from Newbold early at 7:48 am in order to make certain we reached our destination of Hawkesbury Junction at a good time.

Nearing the junction all the visitor moorings seemed to be full but whilst passing through the stop lock, Becky got talking to a CRT employee who said there was plenty in the Coventry direction.  Turning left at the junction there didn't seem to be that many spaces. There were a couple of boats moored between the junction and the water point with at least one beyond it.  Past the last boat there was a grassed area to the left which looked ideal, so we moored up tight to the last boat which meant we were sticking 6ft into a no mooring area but I think we can live with that. I still can't work out why it was no mooring as the entrance to the basin opposite was a fair way away.




We'd booked a meal at the pub on the junction, the Greyhound, and arranged for Joanna to leave her car there overnight so we got on with a few jobs while we waited for her to arrive.

After she'd arrived we went to the Greyhound for lunch which was absolutely lovely with so much choice!

We finished our meal and went back to the boat for a bit before returning to the Greyhound and waiting for our taxi which arrived on time and not long after we were at the Ricoh Arena.

Concert

After the concert we arrived back, had a quick nightcap and were soon off to bed!

11 Miles 5.25 Furlongs
1 Lock

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