I had a couple of letters
to post on Monday so took the opportunity to have a look around Polesworth and
find a post box. The route into the
village from where we are moored on the canal goes over the River Anker. The road bridge has been widened over the
years so looks quite modern from this side.
The little stream joining on the left is an old mill stream – a large
water mill used to operate in Polesworth.
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| Bridge over River Anker at Polesworth |
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| Our mooring at Polesworth - good sunny spot with no mud for Karen to negotiate on her commute |
It was good to find that
the train station is on a line that runs through Leamington Spa. We are on the lookout for places where Karen
can get a train to work. Unbelievably
there is only one train a day that stops at Polesworth and that heads north
which is the wrong direction!
This dovecote dates from
the late 1600s but there seemed to be no way of looking inside.
The dovecote is next to
the tithe barn which is also 17th century but has been converted
into council offices. Buddy and I went
charging in assuming it was still an open framed barn for the public to wander
around (as at Bradford on Avon) only to be confronted by an alarmed
receptionist.
A little further on is the
gatehouse to Polesworth Abbey; all that remains of the abbey these days is the
restored gatehouse and the abbey church.
There are several large
country parks around Polesworth and in the afternoon I took Buddy for a good
run around one of them. The whole area
was blighted in the open cast coal mining days but the casts in this area have
been converted into green public places.
Part of our walk was along the wooded banks of the Anker and Buddy was
out of sight ahead when I heard a lot of crashing in the undergrowth. He had started two rabbits which were haring
along towards me with him in hot pursuit.
They pulled up sharply when they saw me and then dived into a blackberry
thicket (a la Uncle Remus’s Brer Rabbit) which fortunately Buddy didn’t
attempt.
When we got back home I
was confronted with this family WhatsUp conversation that was referring to
yesterday’s blog.
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