Goodbye boat

perfect reflections

Peaceful waters

It was a lovely sunny morning for our last day of cruising. The canal looked lovely with the autumnal trees reflected in the water. Although the weather was perfect we had the canal to ourselves.

Swing bridge at Fradley junction

We arrived at Fradley junction expecting boats to be queuing but I opened the swing bridge to find the short pound between the locks empty. it was too early for the gongoozlers (spectators) so the tow path between the bridge and lock  was deserted.




By the time I had closed the gate and encouraged Lottie to abandon a fascinating sniff the Captain had already reached the lock. I hurried up  to swing my windlass to find a CaRT volunteer opening the gates for our boat. There was a volunteer helping at the next lock as well so we sped up them. That’s what we needed back on the Leicester section where it took brawn to open the gates.

Deserted waterfront at Fradley

Only one mile to the marina

A short cruise later we were back at base. Instead of packing up straight away and abandoning ship we spent the afternoon’s sunny weather washing the boat.

Thankfully the marina is a lovely peaceful place to relax before putting the boats cover on and charging off along the motorways to go home.

 

and one more bridge