Back on MM Again.

 Friday 6th June 2025 at Hopwas.

 Back to MM again via the "Brew Box" for a coffee/breakfast stop at Aynho Wharf. We always receive such a warm welcome from Sarah at the wharf. And the bacon sandwiches are second to none!

 

 Todays cruising after we left Kings Orchard Marina was lovely and the weather was kind. Although the sky was very dramatic, no rain fell on us! 

 

 At Whittington we passed the stone that marks the point where the Birmingham & Fazeley Canal officially connects with the Coventry Canal. The Biringham & Fazeley company built the canal north from Fazeley to this point when the Coventry Company ran out of money. The Grand Trunk Company built the section from Whittington up to Fradley, which the Coventry Company eventally bought from them so there was an isolated bit of Coventry Canal north of this point.

We always wnted to moor across the join and say that we were on two canals simultaniously - but we never have! 

 

We passed through Hopwas Hays Wood, which is a military firing range and so off limits to civilians. We have never heard any firing but the birdsong was always outstandingly beautiful and very varied. 

At Hopwas, we moored up just past the "Tame Otter" pub, which is so named because it is on the River Tame.

 

Every year M makes up two troughs of geraniums and lobelia and this year was no different. However, the result this year has been disappointing as the geraniums have refused, so far, to produce any flowers at all! M says the lobelia will have gone over long before the geraniums have bloomed!

Today: 5 Miles, 0 Locks and 2.3 Hours.

Trip: 29 Miles, 8 Locks and 13.8 Hours.