Sharpness - another unusual boat.

Very low in the water and long prow and stern. Possibly a pilot boat for the Severn Estuary - looks very speedy.

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Day 105 - onto the Ashby Canal, home of the strange ducks.

August 28th 2013
0 locks, 424 in total. The Ashby Canal is an arm off the Coventry Canal, originally going to Ashby-de-la-Zouch and bringing coal into Coventry. It is a very wide canal, particularly when it didn't have a large amount of through traffic like the Grand Union. We met another boat in the only narrow and shallow part so far, of course. There are plenty of good moorings and boatyar ... read more

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