Our plans were to get back to our marina on Saturday, spend the night there and drive home on Sunday. However Saturday's weather forecast is showing 25mph winds gusting to 40 mph. In those conditions there is no way we can get Densie into her mooring without banging into the adjacent boat. Strong winds can easily push a narrowboat sideways across a canal or in this case across a marina as the side acts as a large sail. So we need to get as far as we can before Saturday, probably moor up for most of the day and go into the marina on Sunday morning.
We set out at 9:00 in pleasant sunny but cold weather. and, after a stop at Ashby Boat Company to empty our waste tank, carried on down the Ashby Canal. At Marston Junction where the Ashby meets the Coventry Canal we turned east back to Hawkesbury Junction and iand then through the stop lock onto the Oxford Canal where we have moored for the night.
12.18 miles, 1 lock, 6 hours including our stop at Ashby Boat Company
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