3 Nights
TOTAL LOCKS: 2
CRUISING TIME PER DAY: 7 HOURS (17 HOURS IN TOTAL)
An easy route travelling up the Oxford canal to Hawkesbury Junction and onto the Coventry canal for a short while before taking a right onto the Ashby - a 31 mile stretch of lock free cruising.
3 Nights will take you to Hinckley Wharf , but in a 4 night break you could get as far as Market Bosworth and visit the famous historical battlefield.