As we sit for another evening curled by the wood-burning stove I look back on a chilly day of moving.
We had to do a small repair job on the boat before setting off today. This involved screwing in the pump-out connector on the gunwhale of the boat, as we have noticed the fragile looseness of this part and possible effects upon suction. And so we left Hartshill in search of a nearby winding point to turn our beautiful 65ft of steel 360degrees round. We passed back through Hartshill boatyard and going towards Nuneaton came to a maria in about 2miles. We did the do's and with Leigh's skill of manouvering her, did our second 360degrees in the day and set off again a little lighter and with less of a list.
As we came back through Hartshill, I jumped off to do the vehicle relay of car and boat. As I did, I took the opportunity to capture the area as Leigh took our boat through...
And I looked at the historic environment and architecture of Hartshill boat yard, such as the crane, clocktower and waterpoint.
We are back in Atherstone, where I met Leigh to help moor up, at the top lock so can look forward to the move down the hill tomorrow.
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