End of season – move to Alvechurch
A dry but cold trip moving Watermark from Rose Narrowboats to Alvechurch. We had to go the “long” way round, via Braunston, as work on a lock on the Coventry Canal meant the canal was blocked.
Day 1 and day 2 – only 6 locks easy journey. Day 3 – 22 locks on the Grand Union in the morning, easy afternoon, moored in Warwick by the Cape pub – very quiet, good food! Day 4 – 21 locks in the morning, lunch at the Hatton Lock Café – excellent! Easy afternoon, moored at Turner’s Green just before Kingswood Junction, where we turned on to the Stratford Canal. Day 5 – 20 locks in the morning, easy afternoon, moored at the Drawbridge Inn, great pub. Final day – to end of Stratford Canal; turned on to Worcester & Birmingham Canal, through the 2770-yard Wast Hill Tunnel, and on to the boatyard. Will look forward to trips to Stratford-upon-Avon, Worcester and Birmingham from here!
J, D, C & E – the moving crew!!