Coventry Canal:Hopwas

Having done well yesterday I thought I should introduce Martin to the next level whereby he is involved more in the lock working with me absent preparing the next lock.  It went brilliantly.  We were alone for this last 6 and most locks empty apart from the bottom two which had just been vacated by a “working boat”.  Things started to get busy after Alvecote and with multiple opposites at the many bridged section before Glascote I managed to pick up a discarded item of clothing on the prop which needed mooring and a weed hatch visit.  It needed the diving knife to clear it.  Expecting Glascote to be busy we actually had a very easy time.   I was pleased to find the heavily receded/narrow overgrown section at Dunstable which I had encountered last year has been cleared (and the towpaths throughout likewise).   There were plenty of moorings at Hopwas and we have investigated the Red Lion in with a view to eating there tonight