Tamworth gardens were all very individual and this one caught my attention. Nice to see 2 narrowboat planters. We have one at home.
Near Glascote locks we passed a fuel boat towing its unpowered butty. There are a few of these boats which ply the canals delivering gas, coal and sometimes fuel to boats moored on the banks. Hard work to steer an unpowered craft. This butty was built in 1928. At locks the front boat goes through and then they have to put the butty into the lock and hitch up again once it has passed through.
The murals at Fazeley Junction are still looking good.
We are actually travelling along the Coventry Canal at this stage. Although we are a long way from Coventry it is named after the company who built it. The reeds have been allowed to grow making it very difficult to have two way traffic. It was a bit like a horizontal obstacle course avoiding weeds, moored boats and narrowing of the canal due to the remains of long gone bridges. If the reeds are not cut soon it will be impossible to pass.
We reached Fradley Junction about 5pm and found a mooring for the night. It is always incredibly busy here so we were surprised to moor fairly easily. This is the house at the Junction which we looked round 9 years ago when we were house hunting. I think that the same people are still there but it is a very strange house having gone from 3 stories to 2 and then is now about 2 and a half. It could be beautiful if restored properly.
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