On To Fradley Junction And Beyond

Saturday morning the sun was with us when we set off on a very nice cruise. Quite a lot of boats about today must be the bank holiday bringing them out. Its good to be cruising along at a steady pace. We are making our way to great Haywood Marina for Monday as our son Justin and Grandson Hudson are visiting for a few days. We are really excited that they are coming. So we cruised up to Snobnall marina for the evening as I wanted to have a look at some things in the chandlery. Nice moorings for the evening.

Small Bridges 

Single Locks Again

Sunday we woke to overcast skies and head of early to get as far as we could today. We cruised on to Alrewas what a really popular place as there was no moorings there at all.

Art Work For Alrewas 

We had quite a few locks to do today and as its a bank holiday weekend Sunday there were lots of boats waiting at the locks but we made good progress and soon arrived at Fradley Junction where the Coventry canal joins the Trent & Mersey. Fradley Junction is very busy with sightseers and other canal boats it really is a very nice place to visit.

Left Turn On To Coventry Canal

The Swan At Fradley Junction

We will most likely be coming back to Fradley Junction and turning down the Coventry Canal later in our year out. We still had a little way to travel this afternoon after Fradley Junction and as we moored up it started to rain so we have avoided the rain today.

Time Travelled Saturday 3 Hrs  Distance Travelled  6 Miles. 1 Lock

Time Travelled Sunday 8 Hrs Distance Travelled 12.5 miles 13 Locks.

Total Distance Travelled 736. Miles 

207 Locks (Broad ) 253 single locks and 18 tunnel's, 10 Massive Lock

Total Tunnel length 10707 yards   
Total Time 371.5 hours  

We Are Loving It so Much