Hopwas to Kings Bromley marina, 3 locks, 1 swing bridge, 6 hours, 10 miles

We pulled the pins this morning at about 8:20, weather was not brilliant it was drizzling, but as you can see George was pretty keen, he is feeling much better!

We travelled to the end of the Coventry canal at Fradley junction, which is where it joins the Trent and Mersey canal.  Thankfully it was not too busy as there is a swing bridge immediately before the junction and a lock immediately to the right of the junction, whilst we were going left you can get caught up in traffic here!  

This is a new stretch of canal for us, we have only ever travelled the Trent and Mersey right from Frafley junction.  We soon hit a couple of locks, the first of which was fairly deep.

We travelled through a couple of further locks before we arrived at the marina.

We are off to the North East tomorrow and need to set off fairly early, as Mike and I are going to watch Sunderland at the stadium of light tomorrow afternoon, against Arsenal.  Being an ardent Spurs fan Rod refused to be subjected to watching Arsenal.  Ha'Way the lads - we really need a win.

Then Sunday morning is the big event - starting to get a bit nervous!

Will post some updates from the North East.