After 6 weeks rest we are back on Densie. Our plan is to go to Newark on the Trent, passing through Burton on Trent and Nottingham. The return journey should take us 2 weeks - we need to be back in Burton on the 4th October as Densie is booked into a boatyard there to get her bottom blacked and the engine serviced. Canal boat hulls need painting every 2 years or so in a bitumin, or similar, based paint to protect against corrosion.
After a quick breakfast at home we packed one car with clothes for a fortnight and food and drink for 5 days and took both cars to the Burton boatyard where we dropped off one and then travelled on to our marina at King's Bromley near Lichfield. We need a car at Burton so when we leave the boat on our way back we can get home.
We were ready to leave after lunch on board and motored out of the marina by 1:30 onto the Trent & Mersey canal which will takes us to near Nottingham. It was great being back on the water again. The weather was pleasant and the scenery attractive.
We passed through Fradley Junction where the Coventry canal joins the T&M. This is one of the most photographed points on the canal system as it has everything for visiting canal enthusiasts - a major junction, a flight of 5 locks, and a famous pub overlooking the canal. The downside for boats passing through is that it is very busy with queues to get through the locks and obstructions caused by mooring and turning boats.
We haved moored for the night at Alrewas (pronounced ol-rue-us), an old and pretty canal-side village.
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