Hilmorton Locks

Much better weather today after the thunderstorm yesterday evening.  We were at Tesco just 10 minutes walk from our mooring soon after it opened and bought the remaining groceries to last us until Northampton.  Then on the move again by 11:30am.

Densie approaching Hilmorton Top Lock

After cruising through the outskirts of Rugby we reached Hilmorton around 12:15.  Here 3 sets of paired locks take the canal up 19 foot.  And then out into rural tranquility only interrupted by the fairly quiet M45.  We are moored in the middle of nowhere, the nearest village being over a  mile away, though fortunately we are able to get a reasonable 3G internet connection.  During the afternoon I climbed the nearby  Barby Hill only to find the top was wired off with some heavy duty construction in place - it could have been a water storage tank.