Coventry Canal:Hawkesbury Junction

Brighter weather this morning although it looked as if there has been a lot of rain in the night.  Got cracking around 07:30.  Very little other traffic until just before Ansty when they seemed to come in threes and often at bridge holes needing one emergency stop.  I had a hire boat on my tail through all this which added to the complications for the opposite traffic.   Just before arriving there was a sudden squall and a little rain, enough to scare others rushing to put on waterproofs but in the end not enough to wet the deck.   The stop lock was full, but today I had to open the top gate myself!!   Today’s journey 5 hours 47 minutes.   I have “cashed in” the bonus I acquired yesterday, but still a little ahead of plan as I was supposed to moor up a little way back, maybe 1/2 hour.   Went for a stroll and took a nice photo of the junction from the footbridge.  Unfortunately the phone signal here is too poor to upload it just now.  Addendum (Thursday): Now done.  The canal in the foreground is the Coventry which leads straight ahead to Coventry - worth a visit.  The lovely cast iron bridge behind the brick hut leads to th Oxford canal which needs a 180 degree turn.  It’s just visible behind the trees.   There is a stop lock there, built to prevent the Coventry Canal Company taking the Oxford Canal co’s water.