Went to do the daily checks on the boat and found the boat had developed a leak in the bit that is below the waterline. The packing that had been put in on Sunday wasn't enough after a good day motoring. I bailed out a couple of litres and added another layer of packing around the prop shaft which seems to have solved the problem. Weather not nice so did some washing and stayed the night again at Hinckley.
Thursday 15 July. 7 miles, 0 locks.
traveled on up the Ashby to the site of the Battle of Bosworth. There is a visitor centre with a good presentation about the battle. This was 22 August 1485. Last battle in the war of the Roses. Richard the 3rd was killed and Henry the 7th took the thrown. The first of the Tudors.
Spent the night at the battle site. CV13 0AD.
Friday 16th July. 2 m
iles, 0 Locks.
Spent the morning at a well known Antique centre at Shenton. CV13 6BZ. Nothing special here except for the village which had some interesting buildings. Moved on up the canal to Market Bosworth. The town is about a mile up from the canal. Went up to buy some groceries and sample their famous Fish & Chips. What a fascinating market square. CV13 0JW.
Saturday 17th July. 7 miles, 0 locks, 1 tunnel (twice)
Market Bosworth, the photographers delight. Back again in the morning with all the cameras as it was late when we were there the night before. Did the town walk and found many other places worth a photo. Chips for lunch on the way back to the boat then on up to the end of the navigable part of the canal. They are working on bringing the last 8 miles back into use. Turned around and back to Snarestone for the nightDE12 7DB. Other than a pub, nothing there.
Sunday 18th July. 12 miles, 0 locks.
On the return now. Stop
ped at Shackerstone where there is a vintage railway. The station is Victorian and they have a good selection of memorabilia, diesel engines and a couple of Steam engines. The train runs for just 9 miles. No steam today so didn't take the trip. We did see the train later in the day and it didn't travel much faster than a narrow boat. Spent the night at Stoke golding. A dormitory village. CV13 6EZ.
Monday 19th July. 17 Miles, 0 locks.
Nice warm day. The plan was to leave the Ashby canal & get back on to the Coventry. We did that with stops for washing and diesel. Once back on the Coventry we headed towards coventry until we were in the position of stop or go on the last 6 miles. Didn't want to stop on the outskirts of Coventry for personal safety reasons. Arrived 1930 ish tired and ready for an early night. Expect to stay at least 2 days. CV1 4LY.
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