Day 001

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First day! Set off this morning at around 10.30 after getting sorted and having a leisurely start. A clear run through with very little traffic moving at all. Finally moored just before Atherstone locks at bridge 33. A good satellite signal but only 3 bars of GPRS internet!

This made me laugh! I couldn't help wonder of the recession has bit hard with Railtrack and forced them to take desparate measures for any free electricity they can get hold of to help keep the trains running!


A while back British Waterways made a pledge to their share-holders. They were going to remove one online mooring for every 10 marina moorings created. A year back I phoned them to ask what happened to this pledge when I passed by the moorings along the bottom of Nettle Hill and by Les Wilson Narrowboats as it seemed that the farmer was embarking on the creation of another mile or so of moorings. Of course I never got anywhere but now plan to email them again with this picture and ask, as a share-holder, if this pledge is now officially worthless and defunct.

A dray day and really rather pleasant cruising but the rain is due in tomorrow for the next 3 days. We are planning at least one day of 'hunkering down' and not moving unless we get a miracle and the rain blows off course!

We did pass our 'fiends' on NB FUBB. We seem to pass them every Easter and it was great to get my annual barrage of insults from them - now I feel the holidays have really started!!