Last Section Of The Coventry Canal
Just completed our final stretch of the Coventry Canal. Short journey along from Whittington to Fradley.
Hopwas to Whittington
The boat engine would start! Flat battery?! Cycled to a car spares shop and bought a 12v battery charger/maintainer. Luckily it sorted the problem! Finally underway we pottered on up the canal to Whittington and found a peaceful mooring for the night.
A Day Moored At Hopwas
We didn’t move on in the boat today. Retrieved the van (Acorn) using the electric bike and we drove into Tamworth. Then parked Acorn at Whittington further up the canal and walked 3.5 miles back down the towpath to Oak.
Leaving Glascote Basin 4th March 2024
We got a bit of help from the lads in Glascote Basin to navigate back out under the bridge onto the Coventry Canal. Battery was flat after the winter and they had to give the engine a bit of a jump start!
Stoneywell Tour
Our first Acorn Adventure for this year. An afternoon out to Stoneywell National Trust property in Leicestershire. We managed to join the last guided tour of the day and heard some great stories about the place. Ernest Gimson designed Stoneywell Cottage to appear as if organically grown among the rocky outcrops of the Charnwood Forest, and the cottage’s 11 rooms sit on seven different levels.
Into Glascote Basin
Our last day on the canals for the 2023 season. We travelled the last few miles from Fazeley to our Winter Mooring at Glascote Basin in Tamworth.
Small Heath to Mimworth
We did 14 locks today. Some with very shallow water and got grounded in the bottom of one. Moved from the Grand Union (North) onto the Birmingham & Fazeley Canal. Wonderful weather held all day and we even stopped at a Nandos for lunch at Star City outside Birmingham.