Sunday June 12th
We set off this morning at 08:00hrs aiming for Hawkesbury Junction. On turning to line up with Newbold Tunnel a boat was seen approaching from the other direction which turned out to be three boats. The first reached the tunnel mouth just as we were exiting. More boats were seen before the Brinklow Marina turning. What looked like a second hand Viking hire boat came out of the marina a few hundred yards ahead of us and did an Austin Powers manoeuvre to turn ahead. This boat kept its distance ahead until Stretton stop where the little swing bridge needed opening. They left it for us to close, no problem. It seemed though that once past the moored boats on tickover, they forgot to speed up again because progress was very slow not made any better by opposite direction stuff in difficult places. However, they pulled in at Ansty, so progress improved and by then we had a tail. We did the stop lock and turned on to the Coventry Canal for the night. Fitted a new kitchen blind.
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