Tuesday 28 July and the weather has settled down, bright and breezy if a little chilly for this time of year.
Setting off from our mooring near Mancetter Bridge
Oak Tree Farm hosts Towpath Alpacas with a breeding herd of 30 animals
Apparently alpacas sometimes go by boat
New marina being excavated at Mancetter
Some speculative local history
Chariot found in canal?
They couldn't be slower than us
Hartshill Yard dates from 1789 when it was the Coventry Canal Company maintenance yard. It contains a 19th century carpenters' workshop and blacksmith's forge...
...and a main building with clocktower and crane alongside jetty
Our previous boat Blue Adeline, moored near Hartshill and bound for Banbury
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