Its goodbye to the Ashby Canal and back onto the mainline Coventry Canal at Marston Junction.
Just when you think you have seen it all.......
We do like a bit of quirky!!!!
Approaching Hawkesbury Junction. The disused engine house (to the right by the bridge) was used to pump water up the canal from a well.
The engine, called Lady Godiva, was previously used for nearly 100 years at Griff colliery, a few miles up the canal towards Nuneaton and is now in Dartmouth Museum
We take left under this magnificent iron bridge,
and left again to approach Sutton stop lock.
The Greyhound completes this lovely conservation area.
The North Oxford links Coventry to Braunston and is 22 miles long, intruded by the M6
Followed by the West Coast Line.
Chaos unfolds at Stretton stop, the home of Rose Narrowboats.
Newbold on Avon , a pleasant suburb of Rugby, is adjacent to Newbold Tunnel, 250 yards long and built during the shortening of the canal in the 1820's
Our resting place for the night.
14 miles in 6 1/2 hours, 1 lock and 1 tunnel
whoops meant to warn you about the boatyard (?) aptly called Charity Boatyard.
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