alafloat : Coventry (the phenix)

Hi Again

Well really the trip from Hawksbury down to the Coventry Basin was well lets say different, in many respects much like going through any other inner city canal though not as much rubbish as some I have been through But here Coventry have devised a system to alleviate rubbish from the tow path and waterway people just leave it in a carrier bag hanging on the nearest fence totally bizzar and utterly useless??

A warning for boaters the canal has some tight bends I am 60ft + and managed but you do need to take the revs off, it is very shallow.

The Basin itself is great some really good moorings only mins from the town centre again the winding is tight especially when idiots moor in it.

The town as we all know received heavy bombing in the last argument we had with Europe and was virtually rebuilt in the 50s and 60s and is now represented by some very much iconic 60 concrete architecture; Give Coventry its due what it lacks in architecture it replaces in vitality there was so much going on, street plays, really good Buskers, adventure for the kids, we had a really good day.

The whole purpose of course was to visit the Cathedral and it was well worth the visit though I am not really excited about the art work if it works for you that’s fine with me. The idea of walking from the ruin of the bombed out old Cathedral into the new one is very dramatic, the whole concept of the two Cathedrals is reconciliation, the art old and new, the inscriptions all lead to the wonderful peace that reconciliation can give. That’s it done my bit for humanity????

Maryanne and Steve came on Friday night stayed until Sat night great to see them again we had a some lovely food, good wine and plenty of fun.

I promised I would not mention the walk that Noreen took us: John Kath and I on walk to Aldi we walked 30min through a torrential rain storm that was so bad the main raid was blocked by floods, when we got to Aldi I was so wet my pockets had filled up with water, inside was my wallet and mobile, the mobile is now knackered and cannot be replaced as it is water damaged, I had to dry my money out before I could spend it However Noreen suffered the worst as she stood by a 4inch puddle as a speeding car went past even her trench coat couldn’t save her WE GOT A TAXI

BACK.

We are now just off back to the Cathedral for morning service I want to experience the acoustics; we then are meeting Kath and John in Weatherspoons for Breakfast. Then this afternoon we all sail back to Hawksbury where we join the Oxford Canal down to Braunton.

May your God bless and keep you

Buggerlugs