Hinckley again

Densie's engine needs a service which has been booked at Valley Cruises just north of Nuneaton for Thursday or Friday. Also our loo tank is getting full and needs to be emptied. So we had to get moving .

Fortunately the weather was warm and intermittantly sunny all journey from when we started at 9:30. A quick stop at Sutton Cheney provided a refill of water and the dumping of rubbish and then back to Stoke Golding for lunch. Unusually we set off again pretty quickly reaching Trinity Marine in Hinckley at 2:30 after a total journey of nearly 9 miles - the longest one this trip.

The journey was a little slow and hard work because the canal seemed more shallow than when we were going north. The water level against the canal edges did look a bit lower but I guess the ballast of our full loo tank didnt help either. Despite this nature continued to provide much of interest. The highlight was seeing a water vole grazing (they are herbivores) on the canal side when a stoat turned up. The water vole promptly disappeared down a hole reappearing in the water a few seconds later. The stoat then ran off along the bank.

At Trinity Marine Densie got her pumpout and we also bought 2 new bags of smokeless fuel. Afterwards we moored up for the night. Denise is walking/bussing into Hinckley centre whilst I stay on the boat to have a shower and write up the blog. This evening we are off to an allegedly very good indian restaurant.