As we are due to meet friends in Snarestone at the end of the Ashby tomorrow lunchtime we needed get some miles covered. We had come concern that we would not be able to maintain the sort of speeds we managed on the Oxford. The Ashby is well known for being shallow and slow-going.
We left our mooring at 9am heading towards the industrial town of Hinckley. During much of the journey beyond Hinckley the canal is lined with trees which are begining to lose their leaves. The autumn colours add to the attractive scenary of woods, farmland and gentle hills. After continuously travelling for 14.5 lock-free miles we stopped at 3pm near Market Bosworth.
It was clear fom the start that we would not be slowed down very much as the canal was unusually deep, within an inch or two of the top of weirs that control the level. Over the whole journey we averaged 2.6mph, rather better than on the Oxford Canal where we were delayed at the stop lock at Hawkesbury Junction.
14.5 miles, 0 locks, 4 hours 55mins travelling.
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