Sunday 13th
November to Friday 18th November 2016
Our primary reason for being in Rugby was to be somewhere for rail
access; Diane had a doctors appointment in Watford
on Wednesday and would travel down the day before to stay with her aunt and
uncle and then come back on Wednesday afternoon.
So naturally we had a bit of sitting around and to be perfectly blunt it
was just nice to be inside in the warmth – winter is only just around the
corner – and it really felt like it.
We did a bit of shopping but mainly it was just relaxing; planning for
next year; sorting out things that we would need to do before the end of the
month.
Come Tuesday and we walked along to the station; Diane bought her tickets
and then she was off; I was on my own, but under instructions – something to do
with getting myself off to get a haircut – when I did some figuring,it had been
June when I last had it done, so it was no wonder that it was long and scraggy
and Diane was nagging me about it.
Anyway, that done, I made my way back to the boat, got some work done and
settled down to see the England v Spain match on the TV – it is always that
last hectic 10 minutes and this was no exception with Spain pulling off a
dramatic draw.
The following afternnon and Diane was back – we had decided to go to the
movies and see Inferno with Tom Hanks – and with the Meerkat 2-for-1 offer and
senior discount – two of us were in for under £9 – can’t beat that.
We had seen the previous two in the series, but to be honest this was not
the best of them; still a good movie and plenty of great locations, but…
Having got the appointment out of the way, we wanted to get up to see
Coventry again – we are in the mode that we have to take advantage of our
locations (wherever we may be) to see places again, if we can – it will be the
last time to get there on the boat.
So with that being a priority we headed northwards – it being a
particularly coldish day – luckily I had work to do on route, so Diane was out
in the cold, I was inside where it was not so cold (well that would really be
warm) – but I did keep her well hydrated with coffee and tea and nourished with
lunch as well.
The occasional whistle summoned me outside for her to head inside to
visit the head.
This is a lovely canal and we have traversed it many times and the going
is neither quick nor slow.
There was one lock to negotiate – at Hawkesbury Junction – just beyond a
line of moored boats (as usual) – we spotted nb Oakapple moored just there and
I could see Sharon in through one of the portholes and waved to her; also saying
hello to Richard who had poked his head out to say the same; unfortunately for
us, our priorities were elsewhere and we had to continue our journey.
Bit annoyed to see that we were criticised publicly (on social media) for
not stopping there.
We have been into Coventry
We made our way into there and winded before reversing down the northern
of the two arms and mooring right at the end – enjoyed that exercise – but as
usual, when you do it well there is no-one there to see it.
Our plan is to spend a couple of days here before we head back to
Hawkesbury Junction to meet Stella and Dave and no doubt catch up with Richard
and Sharon – we have a booking for Sunday lunch at the Greyhound.
After that it is south down the Oxford
We have to commend the Canal and River Trust for the new on-line system
of being able to book passages along some of the routes that are around –
particularly The Ribble Link and the moorings in Liverpool (others include the
Standedge Tunnel and Frankton Locks) – we spent about 20 minutes on-line and
made bookings for both of these to our satisfaction for next year (2017).
The system is so much easier that the old way of doing it and you have
immediate confirmation by email and/or text message – well done CaRT.
If you want to look at it or make a booking then use the following link
Whilst you are there, you may also want to have a look around at all of
the other things that they now have on-line, such a change to when we first
started just 6 years ago.
17 Miles, 1 Lock, 1 Tunnel, 1
Swing Bridge
YTD: 815 Miles (1312
km) , 448 Locks, 11 Tunnels, 21 Lift Bridges , 4 Swing Bridges
Total: 4610 Miles (7419 km),
3147 Locks, 123 Tunnels, 66 Lift Bridges , 171 Swing Bridges
It was not a criticism , it was just saying a shame you didn't stop as you could of joined us all in the greyhound ,you obviosly took it the wrong way
ReplyDeleteSuch a shame Sharon that you could not just simply viber us or use a private Facebook message to ask why we we not able to stop and we could have explained what we were doing.
DeleteYou may need to think about how your comments are seen by others before dismissing others as simply taking your comments the wrong way - a great future awaits you, but not in the UN