Saturday 20th August 2016

A later start today as we watched the tense Ladies Olympic Hockey Final last night. With 3 volunteer lock keepers on duty the journey through Fradley was very straightforward. The canals have been very quiet all summer and now that one of the hire companies which used to have lots of boats on this section has gone out of business, it is always much quieter compared with a couple of years ago.

At least the graffiti on the approach to Alrewas is quite cleverly done.

We stopped here for lunch then headed for Branston Water Park where we had booked a table at 'The Bridge' as an end of holiday celebration. I noticed these bridges with the very slanted old design and behind it the newer straight bridge.

Tatenhill lock always has a restored work boat moored outside the lock house. Here is Graham in the lock with the work boat behind.

We have just returned from dinner and are pleased to say that the food is still lovely at 'The Bridge' It is really an Italian Restaurant rather than a pub. I guess that you could just have a drink outside, if the weather was good enough, as there is no room inside. It was a good job that we booked as there was a large party in and they were turning people away. We'll be back in the marina tomorrow.