Ashby Canal: Stoke Golding

Blue skies to start the day, though the wind is still with us.   The wind generator was quite noisy overnight, not that the noise bothers us.   We passed quite a number of steel piled lengths ssuitable more mooring and mostly empty. Approaching Hinkley there are signs of a lot of industrial development and one very large distribution centre under construction.   The Watling street bridge was our first hint of a low bridge, the chimney and cooley hat just clearing by a few centimeters.   The arm to the old wharf looked pretty decayed with a few boats inside, but round the corner there is a new marina and a "Brewers Fayre" bankside.   Further on, Ashby Boats seems to have only canal moorings, but the boats we saw look well cared for.   There is a regular marina on the left side just a bit further on.   We were hoping to stop at Stoke Golding for a Sunday lunch and were getting a bit pessimistic about how to get there when we came across the advertised moorings which are offside, adjacent to a lane and with access also across a field and well maintained with bollards even.   48 hours is plenty for us.   We crossed the field and found the White Swan, a small family run pub (Everard) where we got a decent lunch after all.    The wind is dying down, but gales forecast for Monday night.    Finding the moorings very pleasant, we stayed put.