Monday 28th September 2020 at Brinklow.
After an early breakfast, we set off just after eight. M, as usual, had been up to see the dawn.
We are aiming to get back to Aston Marina quite quickly, so we are likely to be home on Saturday. Soon after we started, we passed the new Dunchurch Marina whose entrance is spanned by this beautiful copy of the classic Oxford Canal iron bridges, reflected in the water.
The only locks today were the three duplicated locks at Hillmorton. Luckily there was a boat coming out of the top lock as we arrived.
Our luck held and the other two locks were also in our favour. The volunteer lock keeper said that it had been very quiet today but yesterday had been very busy with over 50 boats going through the flight.
We moored up in Rugby so that M could get a "few bits". We like this mooring under the willow tree.
Very sad to see both Debenhams...
...and Mothercare closed and shuttered. How many more big names will we lose before the end of winter, we wondered.
We continued to Brinklow, where we just managed to find a mooring on pins. There are moorings on Armco but they are 14 day moorings and I don't think any of those boats move often, if ever! As we finished mooring up, we were buzzed by a Chinook flying very low over us. They really are remarkable when you see them close up!
Today: 12 miles, 4 locks and 4.7 hours.
Trip: 148 miles, 36 locks and 74.8 hours.
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