Tuesday 14 March 2017

Coventry bound

 

IMG_1345We pulled ropes through rings at 09.15 and then filled with water and got rid of waste before stating our five and a half mile cruise in to Coventry where we intend to spend a few days and hopefully enjoy the city. Passing through this bridge as we leave Hawkesbury you just have to admire the artwork on the railings as you pass under.

IMG_1354Passing the Ricoh stadium which is the home of Coventry City football club . I don’t think I would want to be a Coventry supporter at the moment as the club is in serious trouble at the bottom of the league.

IMG_1360We both liked this mural which was in a school on the way in to the city.

IMG_1363You always know when you are getting closer to a city centre as the Graffiti becomes more prominent .

IMG_1367We then started going through all these rafts of rubbish on the canal surface.We built up a bit of speed before hitting all this rubbish and then coasted through it in neutral.

IMG_1370It’s amazing how people just seem to chuck their rubbish over their back garden walls and in to the canal . It seems to be some sort of city mentality that canal’s are just dumping grounds for their rubbish.

IMG_1483After just over a two hour cruise we arrive in the basin and the end of the Coventry canal . To be honest on first impressions we were pleasantly surprised . The area with in the basin was clean and tidy and with several security camera’s and plenty of lighting we felt reasonably secure.

 

                                                                                                                    Happy Days

3 comments:

  1. Doesn't seem to have changed much then, good and bad.
    Agree the mural on the school was was grrreat.
    Ann

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    1. Hi Ann , It was a good trip in and luckily we didn't have to go down the weed hatch. Similar to the journey in to a lot of cities.

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  2. didn't like all that rubbish in the canals disgusting

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