Shugborough Hall & Huddlesford Gathering

We left Shugborough Hall on a foggy morning but the sun soon came through and burned the fog off.

Nice Reflection On A Foggy Morning.

It Got A Bit Narrow Here.

 A great days cruise up to Fradley junction and we managed to get a mooring close to the pub.

Saturday and a foggy start to the day.

we turned right at Fradley Junction on to the Coventry canal and made our way to Huddlesford where there is a weekend gathering of historic boats and a fair with vintage cars and stalls. We were very luck to grab the last mooring as we approached the gathering. So on a sunny Saturday afternoon we took a walk to the gathering. We had a look around the fair and made a couple of purchases then had a look around the historic boats.

Sunday and we were joined by our friends Mike & Karel who came up to see us and bring us a Captain's Perch seat we had ordered a while back, this is to be fixed on the stern of Tacet and will be a nice and comfortable seat to perch on. It looks lovely and we cant wait to have it fitted in a couple of weeks time.
We all walked to the gathering and had a really good look around there was some lovely cars. we had a good look at the trade boats and both Mike and myself made a  purchase from the Home Brew boat so we will be making some more wine soon.

Some Of The Boats

Historic N/B Nuffield

Lovely Old Cars

Nice Reflection In Mirror

Monday we woke to some very heavy rain and decided to stay put for a while hoping the rain would clear a little which it did. So we untied and left Huddlesford at 11.45 and cruised towards Frazley Junction as we are going back in to Birmingham for the weekend. Our youngest son Sam is coming with Rachel to see us for the weekeknd and we are very much looking forward to seeing them. There is a Trade boat gathering in Birmingham so we are going to support the traders. At Frazley we bumped in to N/B BriarRose with Adam & Adrian on board. We were invited round for an afternoon cup of tea and cake. We had a very enjoyable time and it was good to catch up with them both at last.

Time Travelled Friday 5 Hrs  Distance Travelled 11 Miles. 4 Locks

Time Travelled  Saturday 3 Hrs Distance Travelled 5 Miles. 0 Locks

Time Travelled Monday 3 .5 Hrs Distance 6 Miles 0 Locks

Total Distance Travelled 844.5 Miles 

207 Locks (Broad ) 313 single locks and 18 tunnel's, 10 Massive Lock

Total Tunnel length 10707 yards   
Total Time 436.5 hours  

We Are Loving It so Much