Willington
2020年10月22日, イングランド ⋅ 🌧 13 °CWe moved on from Barton-under-Needwood just to get a little farther before we lost the light. We stopped up just an hour later at Branston, a massive new housing estate just outside of Burton. Despiteもっと詳しく
We moved on from Barton-under-Needwood just to get a little farther before we lost the light. We stopped up just an hour later at Branston, a massive new housing estate just outside of Burton. Despiteもっと詳しく
Next stop - Swarkestone. Basically nothing here except a pub and a nursery, so we thought we'd investigate the pub. Turns out we've driven through here many times on our way to Calke Abbey and thatもっと詳しく
We pootled on from Swarkestone aiming for Weston-on-Trent. The falling sun meant for beautiful views over the countryside and wonderful colours and reflections on the canal. We enjoyed the last bit ofもっと詳しく
A breakfast of sausage sandwiches to stave off the hangover (for Ben!), before mum and Kev joined us on board at about 8am. We pushed off, aiming to reach Willington for the night.
The day wasもっと詳しく
We left Willington reasonably early, aiming for Alweras by mid-afternoon. We therefore skipped Burton once again deciding that the half hour walk to town wouldn't yield any different shops to a normalもっと詳しく
With the clocks going back, we were up in more than good time for the day's plan. So we breakfasted before walking out, through Alrewas and over the A38 to the National Memorial Arboretum, which noneもっと詳しく
Through Fradley and back onto the Coventry Canal was fairly uneventful. At Whittington, I jumped off the boat and did a 5km past the military ranges, which was painfully slippery underfoot. 5km tookもっと詳しく