Misty morning at Alrewas
Since the Alvecote Gathering, we have made our way steadily to Alrewas, on the Trent and Mersey Canal, and as a result of promises of work, we turned around and have started back onto the Coventry Canal.
Weaving our way through Tamworth and some gorgeous gardens on view
Setting off early in the morning, we dealt with the 2 locks on the outskirts of Tamworth, in order to miss the usual congestion which occurs there.
Fab plethora of gnomes (there must be a collective term for this phenomena?) on this raised part of someone's garden
Tamworth was a delight, as always, to weave through as was the pretty village of Amington.
Brand new marina at Streethay called King's Orchard - might check out their winter mooring prices
We moored at Fazeley Junction, and decided to have a walk to the out of town shops on the edge of Tamworth, we had visited this time last year. A good walk, but luckily we remembered to take the trolley!
Lovely butty called Kenneth - newly built with undercloth conversion, I suspect and hydraulic drive!
For our overnight mooring, we carried on to just past the village of Hopwas and spent a couple of days enjoying the peace and quiet.
Richard's brother's nickname
Blackberries everywhere, we spent lots of time gathering what was ready and then forgot to use them! We wanted to get soem apples to go with them in a crumble and then forgot, durrr!
Me on the butty tiller, giving Martin some time off!
Fradley Junction was the destination for the weekend, in the hope that we could open the shop for the last time before we packed away for the winter.
The big boat in the junction lock at Fradley going downhill
Unfortunately, it was really quiet for the whole weekend and it wasn't just us, the Candy Boat reported the same downturn in visitors. I think autumn must already be here!
View back towards the junction and The White Swan pub
Moorings at Fradley Junction
Martin is still recuperating after his fall off the stern of the boat whilst putting his bike on the roof at Alvecote. He had broken his fall with his ribs it sounds like, but was adamant that his ribs felt fine, it was just bruising. However, since then, every time he sneezes or coughs, the pain seems to come back with a vengence! I think we should have insisted on getting him checked out, but hindsight etc....
Sunset at Alrewas
After dropping down the next 4 locks at Fradley, we moored outside the village of Alrewas, ready for supper of fish and chips from the Alrewas Fryer. Very much looked forward to!
The A513 at Alrewas - much better with a bit of mist!
Martin has had confirmation of a welcome full time job in engineering in Tamworth, so we have turned around to go back in that direction on the Coventry Canal. Myself and Richard can now base ourselves in that area for work for the winter and start thinking about what to do about the butty.........
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