After a lovely Easter, it was time to start travelling again. We left Great Haywood and travelled back to Fradley Junction. This time we did it one day. We saw lots more boats this time and the weather was lovely and sunny. We even had a couple of the locks with us, which changed. I am starting to feel better at the locks now, and I have begun to take Mexi with me each time, which has calmed her down. She is getting a dab hand at walking across the locks, and her new long lead is definitely an improvement. We popped to The Swan pub at Fradley junction for tea. It was OK. They had been very busy, not much left on the menu, don’t go for the loaded fries though you visit not the best. The following day after mine and Mexi’s walk around kingfisher wood, it was time to start travelling down the Coventry canal.
The Coventry canal is beautiful and quite windy. Also, there are many reeds, but luckily, it is the spring you can see through most. It’s an excellent job as it seemed that every time we came to a bend, there was a bridge and another boat coming. There were some beautiful gardens along the way. We had a nosey at them as we passed. We saw lots of ducklings and sitting swans waiting for their eggs to hatch. Spring was definitely in the air. We popped into kings Orchard marina. It wasn’t the easiest of places to get to, especially as we wanted fuel. We slotted n to one of the spare moorings whilst waiting our turn. The gentleman at the marina assisted us in leaving as it was a bit of a struggle even using the bow thrusters. We continued on our way, and eventually, we came to a village called Hopwas, a pretty village with a lovely pub that we stopped at for a pint on our way back from exploring. It was a busy stretch, and boats were going past late into the night.
The next day we had decided to move to Polesworth. There were only two locks to do. It was pretty busy, but I didn’t mind as it enabled us to chat to other boaters whilst waiting to go through them. We were told about a good Indian in this village above a pub, so we defiantly decided that it was tonight’s tea. The mooring was good next to a lovely park. This had the river Anker going through it. We found beautiful old butchers and old fashioned greengrocers. The greengrocer had some goose eggs, and we bought them for breakfast the next day. We also bought some other bits to have fresh veg and meat for our travels. The curry was from The Yard spice, and it was excellent and the best thing you could have a drink whilst it was being prepared, then a quick walk back to the boat. We had an array of geese and ducks wandering past, which was lovely to see, and there were plenty of other boaters passing. After a couple of days here, it was time to move on to our next adventure again.
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