After a few days spent in Atherstone we set off yesterday morning doing five locks upwards to the turning point where we stopped to fill with water and get rid of waste and rubbish then turned around and went back  down eleven locks and a few miles later stopped for the night out in the countryside near Polesworth .Today we did the last few miles back to Fazely  with only two locks to do so tonight we are moored on the aquaduct at the edge of town almost back to where we were just over a week ago .
Tomorrow  we shall probably go to the junction , turn left and head up towards Birmingham.
We have received confirmation today of our entry into the Birmingham cruise one of nineteen boats ,
so we have to make our way up to the top of the Wolverhampton flight ready for the start on June tenth.


                                         Moored in Atherstone halfway up the flight of locks

One of the fighting swans taking a rest

Back at Fazely tonight taking the sun