Coventry Canal:Atherstone - Kings Head

An early start again and not so cold this morning.  Not a lot of other traffic until passing Springfield Haven.  At Atherstone. Top lock we we first in line behind a boat just going down, but there was one moored in the pound below waiting for the next lock, so I wanted to wait until that cleared.  When an intermediate pound gets more than one boat in traffic it means that two lock worth of water have gone into that pound without a corresponding use of the lock below which can mean water wasted over the weir.  Our planned stop was below the big road bridge and the Kings Head pub, our target for eating tonight.  A recce (and a couple of pints) revealed that it is steak night.