We finished off the top 5 locks at Atherstone this morning
which took about an hour and a half and pushed on through Nuneaton
and Bedworth. What can I say! I am sure that there are some nice bits of Nuneaton but you can't see any of them from the canal.
They certainly like their allotments around here, we must have passed at least
200 plots today. We also passed a couple of boat yards which if you listened
carefully you could hear banjo music. The photo below shows one yard which
looked more like a scrap yard than a boat yard.
What also spoke volumes about the area was the razor wire
(not your normal barbed wire) around some of the derelict buildings. Also some of the housing estates had double
lengths of railings - not very picturesque from the canal scene, we wondered if
they were to keep in the guarding rottweilers!
By the way, did I mention it was bloody cold today!
We are now moored at Sutton Stop.
Had a good meal in the Greyhound, and spent a pleasant
evening chatting to Tony and Michelle. We hope your plans workout and look
forward to meeting you again on your boat.
Hey folks, a lovely evening, great pub and great company :-) I think you were sent our way to remind us of what can lie ahead...and hopefully that we will do it too one day again. Really enjoyed our chat and sharing adventures. I giggled when you talked about Nuneaton - so with you on that one! Well Tone and I will be following your blog, and living a little of our dream through you guys for now. Take care x x
ReplyDeleteI like the description of Nuneaton in the Pearson's canal guide: "Oddly nebulous town of some size which keeps itself at arm's length from the canal. Nice fountain in the middle of a roundabout on the ring road."
ReplyDeleteHi, just catching up on your last weeks posts as we were away on holiday ourslelves. Sounds like you having fun despite the hiccups. Was interested to see the pictures of the bouncing balls cus my sister in law got me that for my birthday and I am just about to book to do it sometime and will let you know what it is like.
ReplyDeleteHave fun
Donna and Andy
Hi Michelle and Tony, glad you found the blog. You can see from the map where we are so if you are near by please look us up.
ReplyDeleteHi Donna and Andy, Hope you had good holiday, the ball thing looked scary! we will see you later in the week.
Jan and Chris