Last night we ate in the Wharf pub at Fenny Compton. We have eaten there many times over the years with different management in place. Last night was very good, we booked a table for 7pm and they were very busy, even so the staff were attentive and friendly which made it pleasant and the food was spot on.
This morning the rain had finally stopped but still grey and even cooler, We were away at about 11 am and met one boat on route. The wedding bridge is looking more weathered now, for a long time it looked like a couple of planks, which actually is all it is clamped to a beam.
Many years ago this use to be a boat house, its slowly been sinking away over the years and will soon be forgotten. This is the tip of the gable end.
There was no one working on HS2 today , being Sunday, coming the other way the wall under the bridge took me a bit by surprise, today I slowed for a better look and they are actually separate preformed panels that look as if they run down to the canal bed with the stone work already on them.
We come very close to the line again a little further south while actually travelling north along the canal.
Its along here that there are some strange things attached to the top of the piling, probably 6 in total spaced out along the length of the piling on the off side. The only think I could thing would be a surveying aid, but why there.
We carried on past the boat floating in the field, the water level in its little pond is probably 6” higher than the canal level to moor in almost the same spot as we did coming and we knew this would be the last mooring before the Marston Doles locks.
Today’s Journey7 miles with no locks in 2¼ hours.
1 comment:
Are they some sort of movement monitoring device used to make sure the canal bank isn't shifting?
Mick
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