Sunday 20th September 2020 at Marston Junction.
No view of the sunrise this morning as we had a tall hedge to the east. On Friday, the canal had been very busy so we decided to make an early start to try to avoid the rush by setting off at 7:30.
A footpath from Bridge 35 is by far the quickest way to get to Shenton Station and the Battlefield Heritage Site and there is armco for mooring there, although we did not see if it was possible to get close to the edge. This is a very shallow canal and the edges are often not deep enough to moor.
This was an excellent example of traditional "hedge laying" even if they had used posts instead of natural growth.
M decided to walk the towpath again. By now, the sun was up and the colours were lovely. Rosehips in abundance....
What a lovely sight! A large, happy crowd of students out on their D of E challenge. They had stopped for lunch and said how much they were enjoying themselves.
Not such a nice sight, an invasive American Signal Crayfish on the towpath, the size of M's foot (size 4 by the way). They have decimated the native UK species and many other wildlife in the canals. It is actually illegal to return them to the water if found.
We did quite a long day in order to get back close to Marston Junction, (the junction with the Coventry Canal main line) and we moored up in the same place as we did on Friday. We were rewarded with another lovely sunset.
And then later the very new moon reflected in the water.
Today: 13 miles, 0 Locks and 5.2 hours.
Trip: 97 miles, 29 locks and 52.2 hours.
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