Our longest day - Atherstone and Nuneaton

We spent a bit of time planning the next few days.  The next vital stopping place is Rugby which provides the last serious opportunity for shopping for provisions before Northampton.  The journey is complicated by a gathering of historic boats in a week's time at Braunston which could delay us.  So our conclusion is that we need to get to Rugby asap.

On the Atherstone flight

We left our mooring at the bottom of the 11 Atherstone locks at 9:20, the second in a queue of boats travelling up.  The flight is well kept and the locks were easy to operate.  By lunchtime we had reached the top where we moored for lunch and a quick trip into town for provisions for the next couple of days.  By 2pm we were on the move again through the attractive countryside between Atherstone and Nuneaton and then through the latter town itself.  Less attractive, but admittedly much cleaner than when we first visited perhaps 7 years ago.  Then out of town to one of our standard moorings near the junction with the Ashby Canal.  In total 10 miles and 11 locks in 5.5 hours on the move.