We turned on the engine at 9:30, did a few hours of work with communications being not too brilliant and then set out north just before 2pm. For the first time in a long time, we were on a new section of canal for us. This is the Leicester Arm of the Grand Union, taking us north to join the river Soar.
We decided at this point to go on and do the Leicester Ring before mooring up for the winter. This will mean we go through Leicester and Loughborough on first the canal then the river Soar, then when we meet the river Trent, we'll turn left and west, travel the Trent for a while then join the Trent and Mersey Canal. We did this canal a few years ago and so enjoyed it that we are looking forward to doing it again. From there, we'll turn left and south onto the top section of the Coventry Canal, another new one for us, then travel down to a familiar section, turn left and east on to the north Oxford Canal at Hawkesbury Junction and end up in Hillmorton sometime the end of September or early October.
We do not want to do the Leicester Arm past Crick again soon. It is very shallow, very overgrown and generally hard to steer. Yet, the scenery is wonderful and this pic is of the mooring just short of the turn to the Welford Arm.
