Over the last few days we have travelled from Brinklow to Alvecote where an array of wonderful boats are gathering for the Historic Boat festival being held this bank holiday weekend.
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| Brinklow Motte and Bailey Mound |
Mooring at Brinklow we went on a short walk to visit the remains of a Saxon Motte and Bailey Castle Mound. We also walked over the earthworks where the original settlement would have been and on into the village. St John the Baptist church is unusual as it is built on a slope.
Resuming our travels we stopped off at Hawkesbury Junction to use the CRT facilities, before passing through a very shallow Stop Lock. This marks the end of the Oxford Canal and the beginning of the Coventry Canal. Stop Locks were typically used to prevent competing canal companies from pinching each others water.
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| Hawkesbury Junction |
Whilst passing through Nuneaton we noticed we were a bit sluggish - after many years of boating and picking a lot of different items on our prop, this was a first!!!!!👀
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| 40DD?? 👀 |
Yesterday we descended the Atherton Flight of 11 Locks. There were a few volunteers on duty which were a great help as it was really busy. We noticed a lot of old working boats making their way to the historic boat gathering and Festival which is being held this weekend at Alvecote Marina.
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| Alvecote Marina - historic boat gathering |
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