Another hard day

23/04/12

Atherstone Bridge 44 – Litchfield Road Bridge

Best morning so far, nice and warm and no need for a coat.  Whizzed through the next 6 locks and motored up towards Polesworth and the M42.    We passed President on her way down to London for the Jubilee Celebrations.  The crew were all in period costume and were busy making her ready for her next leg.  Bloody phone did it to me again, it took so long for it to be ready to take a picture that she had stopped steaming by the time I was ready and didn’t start again till we were well past her and in no position to take a photo.  

We are starting to see flowers other than dafs and dandelions, this little wood had a carpet of bluebells.  You cant really see it in the photo but it was vibrant and very beautiful.

We were nearly through Tamworth and the next pair of locks at Glascote when I realised the reason we were so tired and tetchy was we had been on the go for 7 days solid without a break. After a strained discussion at the locks, we decided to take a break as we could tell we both needed one!! 

We moored up at Litchfield Road Bridge which lies between the villages of Hopwas and Coton and decided tomorrow would definitely be an easier day!!

We have seen loads of ideas along the way on all the different boats we have passed and this is one of them.  We both like the edging effect on the cratch cover so am going to have a go at adding some to ours when I make it.