Boating on our own again

We must have worked Sally really hard; Elanor tells me she's been sleeping almost all the time since they got home.

We had a good night's kip ourselves, and made a relaxed start this morning, getting away at around half eight. I did all the day's locking, up Gailey, and we tied on the water point above. We were down to half a tank, and watering opportunities are a bit erratic for the next few days. There is a point at Autherley, but it's not very good, and I can't think of one off hand at Brewood.

We usually stop at Hatherton on this route, but decided to come on to the Fox and Anchor at Coven Heath for a change. It makes a nice two hour run from Gailey, and reduces the length we'll want to do tomorrow to get through Autherley and a bit up the Shroppie.

After lunch, we had a stroll up to Coven itself, which turned out to be quite a substantial little township, with a Co-op, bakers, PO and new greengrocers. To get there, go through the pub car park and turn right, then walk up to the double roundabout and take the exit for Brewood. We bought some stuff in the greengrocers, which seems to have links to the Canalside Farm Shop at Great Haywood; certainly similar stock, and the same bags.

For the rest of the time, we've been dozing, reading and surfing the net, enjoying the chance to be lazy.

Tomorrow, another couple of hours should see us at the SUCS mooring just short of Brewood.