Down the Plug'ole in Coventry

Today we did a little diversion (nearly 2 hours each way) into the City of Coventry known as the Basin, their description not mine. Bit like selling KFC in a ‘bucket’ Strange choice of word although maybe not in KFC’s case!! The canal was very dirty and the journey would have not been worth the effort if it weren’t for the visits to the old and new cathedrals and the Church of the Holy Trinity next door. If that weren’t enough, that was followed (without POS who had returned to the boat) by a trip to the Coventry Motor Heritage museum. The birthplace of my LGC and they had a TR2 on show which was nearly as nice as mine that is assuming my kids haven’t destroyed it whilst I have been away. I foolishly left the keys in the ignition. Hey-ho it’s only a car I keep telling myself !!

POS rang me while I was there to tell me that a number of drunks had turned up at the boat and were trying to stare her out. Quite what she wanted me to do about it I am not quite sure especially as I was approaching Mach-1 in the Thrust 2 simulator at the time. Anyhow I got back to the boat and they dispersed. That round to POS I think.

What a fantastic sky today, empty of vapour trails and just a gorgeous blue with a few puffy clouds. A ‘Simpson’ sky as POS calls it. Whilst admiring the sunset I received a call from a friend of mine who was at New Haw on his boat and who commented on the crescent moon and very bright Venus below it. What was amazing is that I could see a moon and Venus in Coventry, How coincidental is that?

Some of you are still not quite sure what we are doing and where we are going. We are not sure what we are doing but we are fairly certain we know where we are going. So for the purposes of this part of the journey I attach a map. We came onto the map at the bottom at Banbury and we leave the map at Stoke on Trent at the top left ( at which point I will post a continuation map). I hope this helps.

Having just showered Tilly after she rolled in something rather unpleasant, which covers most things found on the towpath, we are planning our trip  towards Stoke on Trent tomorrow, a trip which should take about 5 days. Picked up a couple of POS's friends from Coventry Basin to lend a hand with the locks !