Onto the Birmingham and Fazeley

I returned to Olivia after a short break and made the return journey down the Ashby. I called in at Bosworth Visitor Centre last Saturday as they were staging a version of Richard III. I was expecting crowds to be there but the audience only numbered about thirty. It was that very cold and windy day so I felt for the actors. The rest of my cruise, that is, between Marston Junction and Fazeley Junction, I have done many times. The weather was mostly good (although the mornings were a bit chilly). I lost my favourite windlass in one of the Atherstone locks but as it was the first one I have lost in ten years of cruising I don't suppose that is too bad. Now that I am well on the way to Birmingham I wondered why so few boats seem to use the Fazeley. Certainly there are very few boats moored up even though the Kingsbury Water Park offers many recreational facilities. I know the M42 accompanies much of the canal but that sound soon filters out. Hopefully this week I will be out and about around Birmingham so should have more to report then.