Hawkesbury Junction to Atherstone lock 10, 9.5 miles, 9 locks, 6 hours.

We left Hawkesbury at 8:20, another beautiful morning.  We had been woken at 3:00 a.m. by a passing canal boat, why would anyone be travelling at that time in the morning (Mike do not get any ideas!!!)

As we travelled passed Bedworth we came across a slightly different take on garden gnomes.

So if you ever wondered what happened to shop mannequins when the pass their sell by date - you now know!!

We the passed Excellence A Float, where we hired our second holiday canal boat from - would recommend if anyone ever wants to hire.

There was a bit of a queue when we get to Atherstone top lock, but not too bad, there are 11 locks in the flight, but we stopped after lock 9 - food was required.  

As you can see George has been assisting at the locks.

As a passer by pointed out, he clearly considers himself to be in supervisory mode!  Which left me with all the work to do!