Days 65 - 68: Braunston to Rugby

Next stage was the northern section of the Oxford canal to Rugby, via Barby Marina where we stopped for a night followed by the three locks at Hillmorton.   The entry into Rugby is winding and the new mooring rings are all now before bridge 58.  As it was narrow there, we continued the mile or so to Newbold on Avon and the 14-day municipal moorings there just before bridge 50 and the Newbold tunnel.

The three alpacas at Barby Marina

The top lock at Hillmorton

The unusual paddle gear

Looks like we're coming into Rugby!

The lake at Newbold Quarry Park, next to the canal - originally a limestone quarry and now home to endangered white clawed crayfish and several species of fish

By the lakeside

Brickwork much repaired, on one of the bridges near Newbold

We spent Tuesday and Wednesday nights on pleasant moorings at Newbold.  Next major stop will be Hawkesbury Junction where the Oxford Canal meets the Coventry Canal and we'll continue northwards along this to eventually join the Trent and Mersey Canal.