Thursday 13th May 2021
Animal of the day – a water vole spotted under the bank near Mancetter.
The Cap’n was up and about while I slept off my medication (not really - lame excuse for sleeping in!) I took the tiller whilst he went for his breakfast and was asked to get some pictures of the new Mancetter Marina, we have always said that the lake here deserved to be turned into moorings and now it finally has. Very smart it is as well.
There has been a lot of canal related development along this stretch including the Rothwells wharf and the Alpaca farm – cute!
With a bank of wallflowers, squirrels, the water vole we spotted and bluebell woods it’s a good way to start the day. An easy run down the first five locks of the Atherstone flight ably assisted by the volockies made the day even better. We stopped after the A5 bridge and went into Atherstone centre for a wander and some shopping. There is a lovely cake and pie shop right next door to Greggs. We treated ourselves to a lamb, mint and pea pie for lunch – sorry Greggs but the filling choices were better next door. After lunch we set off again down the rest of the locks, in intermittent light rain, to Bradley Green.
On through Polesworth to moor for the night at the old Pooley Hall colliery in amongst the trees. The Cap’ns choice of rural mooring was superb because as soon as we had tied up, it started to rain proper wet stuff.
Overnight mooring was at ///kind.farmer.linked
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