Currently on the Ashby heading up and moored at Higham Bridge, left Hawkesbury on the 8th. Water levels on the Coventry seemed ok, the Ashby feels low, if you leave the centre channel when passing an oncoming boat you are grounding out, even when both go very slowly. At a guess I'd say its some 5" or 6" down but it is difficult to judge accurately.
So far no problems with moorings as such. There is, sadly, a lot of rubbish in the canal such as plastic barrels, panels from boats, chairs and the like as well as more general rubbish. There is a lot of overgrown trees and the like, especially on the offside.
We draw around 27" to 28" and I've found that best progress is made at around 1,000 rpm - any higher revs just seems to make more noise and use more dielsel for no gain.
We'll be heading further up the Ashby tomorrow after a visit to the farm shop, its a lovely morring by Higham Bridge apart from the flies! Theres loads of 'em.