Thursday 7 June 2012

Alvecote marina - again - Coventry Canal

Since the last blog we have been along the Trent and Mersey to provisionally (we think) sort out some winter moorings and then back to Alrewas where we were glued to the spot for a few days. The weather has been absolutely atrocious, and Sunday last was probably the worst 24 hours we have spent afloat, with torrential, unceasing rain for over 24 hours, so we stayed put, put the heating on and enjoyed watching the Jubilee flotilla along the Thames. Like so many other people, we were very disappointed with the BBC commentary particularly as there seemed to be no knowledge of the narrowboats and Dunkirk little ships we saw, no historical facts and information came through, let alone interpreting the semaphore flags! We could have done better!

So, we travelled back up to Fradley Junction and certainly on Jubilee Tuesday, it was a very busy place, boats and gongoozlers everywhere! We are now moored up at Alvecote, having endured heavy rain this afternoon, and have made our way here, along with many Russell Newbery engined boats going to their annual rally, this time at Alvecote Marina. Even the dog is finding the damp dreary weather hard to endure - see pic!