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| Last night's moorings near Fradley |
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| Travelling through Hopwas Woods |
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| Hopwas Woods Bridge |
We set off at 10am and cruised east along the Coventry Canal towards Tamworth. The journey was slow as parts of the canal were shallow which limited our speed to 2.5mph and we were also held up at bridge holes and passing moored boats by the number of boats travelling in the opposite direction. The canal looked very attractive with the scenary much enhanced by the bright sunny weather. Perhaps the best part of this section of canal is the passage through Hopwas Woods with the mature trees on both sides of the waterway providing welcome shade. We arrived near Ventura Park shopping centre just before Tamworth at 2pm after lunch on the move glad to stop as we were feeling jaded from the 4 hours out in the sun having travelled 9.5 miles.
After a rest we walked the short distance to Maplins to buy a new pair of 2-way radios. At times these are very useful in lock flights, and our old ones had stopped working. Denise carried on for more retail therapy whilst I returned to the boat.
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