Atherstone

 A short journey today to Atherstone, an interesting little town where there is a Coop and Aldi with a wide range of small independent shops.

Hartshill Maintenance Yard

We set off at 9:30 in pleasant sunny weather and an occasionally gusty wind.  Continuing attractive scenary with wooded hills to the left and views across an expanse of farmalnd to the right.  The first point of note  was Hartshill yard with an early 19th century maintenance  dock topped by a clock, sadly not working.  There was also a carpenter's workshop and a blacksmith's forge.

On arriving at Atherstone at 11:15 it apeared that the moorings were full, though we managed to squeeze in at the start.  Fortunately a boat further along departed and we were able to take its place  close to the road down to the town centre. We then walked to the shops to buy some lunch and visit a treasure trove of a hardware store stocked to the ceiling with an amazing range of tools, oils, paints, buckets, poles and hooks,, kitchen utensils and  gadgets,   Luckily they were able to supply an oil can which I need to lubricate the tiller bearing.

Then in the afternoon we walked to the supermarkets to stock up for the next 5-6 days, our first opportunity to do so since we left our home marina.

3.67 mile, 1 hour 40 mins