Three canals today! We strted off on the Birmingham & Frazeley Canal which morphs into the Coventry Canal. Then at Fradley Junction we turned right onto the Trent & Mersey.
Moved off from our lovely isolated spot at 11am. Moored for lunch just before Fradley Junction and had lunch then through the swing bridge at the junction mouth before a 90 degree right onto the Trent & Mersey, immediately followed by a lock.... immediately followed by a water point with ensuite ice cream shop - ideal! Filled up with water and ice cream. Teamed up with 2 boats moving up from a Marina in Reading to one in Burton on Trent (saving £2500 a year). Lots of hire boats coming the other way just setting at the start of their week - none hit us fortunately. At Wychnor we started looking for somewhere to park up for the night. Met a boat coming through the lock who pointed out that we would now be travelling immediately alongside the A38 dual carriageway and very noisy - furthermore we would be alongside it for the next hour. Finally away from the road a little we entered a landscape of quarries, heavy industry and lorry parks - so we kept on going. At last, 2 locks later we found a lovely spot just north of Tattenhill lock.
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| Filling up at Fradley Junction |
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| Being overtaken by lorries on the A38 |
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