Hinckley looks a little drab..

Bridge 13 to Bridge 19, Hinckley, Ashby Canal, 2 miles 0 locks

Only just able to move today.  Luckily a narrowboat had come past mid morning to break up yet another layer of ice formed over night.  Just about ready to move up to meet up with Ann and Chas on NB Moore2Life when it started raining!  Already having experienced problems, like visiting offside vegetation with the rain spots giving poor visibility through the back canopy, I has second thoughts!

Ah what the heck.. just two miles to catch up with our winter companions, and we pulled the pins trying to follow the track through the ice that the earlier boat had made.  First stop though was Limekiln Bridge for some well needed water….

An interesting ‘mile post’ here showing just 5 miles from the start of the Ashby at Nuneaton and another 25 miles to go to the end. 

 

Well the ‘end’ is not 30 miles from Nuneaton, well not yet anyway.  The furthest point that can be reached is Snarestone, some 22 miles from Nuneaton.  The last 8 miles to Moira are in the process of being restored, although this is going to be an awesome job.  Coal mining subsidence caused the abandonment of the canal between Snarestone and Moira.. There was some talk about using a disused railway line to perhaps re-cut some of the canal.. anyway I ramble, but then I do like this canal!.. A link then to the Ashby Canal Association will show progress on the restoration.

The Limekilns Pub looks sad and neglected from the water.. such a shame, it really doesn’t need to be like that…

Half rubbed out on a blackboard outside is a note that it is a wifi hot spot.. but we didn’t stop to check that out.. far too much rubbish strewn around the place.. shame.

Oh, and with the canopy up, we only just got under that bridge in the pic by the way, tis very low that one!

Wasn’t long before we pulling in behind Moore2Life.  Although we had only been apart for two or three days, Lucy and Molly, the mutts, were really pleased to be back in each other’s company.  It’s nice to be back in convoy again!