Alvecote to Polesworth - Coventry Canal

Our lovely Newly Painted Side

Passing the Samuel Barlow

We are on the move today but Kev wanted to finish painting the side of the boat before we moved so he got on with it early morning before it got too hot.  By late morning it was done and now we have one lovely newly painted side and it looks really good, he's done a grand job, next will be the roof and then the other side if the towpath swaps over or if not when we turn around.

Going under the M42

It is another lovely sunny day today and we set off along the canal, past the marina and the Samuel Barlow pub and now we have crossed the border from Staffordshire into Warwickshire, we have been in Staffordshire for many months and it is a nice county but now onto pastures new.

There used to be a Bridge here!

Pooley Country Park Moorings

We are not going far today, just a couple of miles, we went under the M42 and past Pooley Country Park and their designated moorings, we walked to here the other day and on a bit further and moored at Polesworth.  The moorings were busy but we managed to squeeze in.

Polesworth

We had lunch then walked up to the village, it has several shop including a fruit and veg shop, a butchers, Spar, Lloyd’s Parmacy and a Co-op.  The meat in the Butchers all looked very good so we bought some bacon and sausages as well as home cooked ham and home made sausage rolls.

There are some old buildings in Polesworth and the River Anker runs through the village and there is some Abbey ruins so we are going to explore all this tomorrow as we are now staying here for a couple of days.

Moored at Polesworth