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White out on the Hatton
flight
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Unlike a lot of the
country we had very little snow on Tuesday night and Karen walked to work as
she has been doing since recovering from the flu. It’s only two miles each way and she’s really
happy not having to drive in as she gets to see the sights as well as getting
some exercise 😉
Buddy and I wandered into
Warwick to get some meat from one of the butcher shops. The one we went to doesn’t allow dogs in
unlike its sister shop in Leamington. We
find about a quarter of butcher shops allow dogs in and, I must admit, Buddy
loves them 😊
On the way back home, we
walked past St Marys church (where all the Earls of Warwick are buried) and I
noticed a sign indicating that the bell tower was open for visitors. We went into the church to enquire and for £3
we were given the key and went back outside to find the door to the steps. Once
inside I turned the lights on and up we went.
Not surprisingly we were the only visitors and it was bitter at the
top. Buddy was a little spooked about
the spiral staircase (all 163 steps of it) and I think it was because he knew
he couldn’t turn around, but he carried on and was happy once we reached the
top.
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Leading the way on a
straight bit by the entrance to the bells
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We had good views all
around and I wished I had taken our new camera.
It was a clearish day so I could just make out the spires and buildings in Coventry.
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Warwick with the castle in the centreground
and Karen’s office under the red cross at the Technology Park
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Sikh temple in Leamington (ringed
in red)
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Warwick racecourse
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Looking down on Northgate
Street
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Northgate Street is often
quoted as the most handsome Georgian street in the Midlands. The properties are particularly pleasing and
the ones that haven’t been converted into apartments or offices fetch over £1.5
million.
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| Looking back at the tower we had just climbed |
We got home in time for
lunch and as I sat down I noticed it had started snowing.
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It only snowed for an hour
and then the sun came out. Mind you, it
was still freezing, and it looks like the cut will be frozen over for a few
more days yet. In the middle of the
afternoon we went out for our last walk of the day, in glorious sunshine. We headed up the Hatton flight and by half
way the sun had gone and a few flakes of snow started drifting by. Within ten minutes, the wind was up and the
snow was really blowing across the fields and it felt like it does on a
mountain when skiing in a white out.
Whilst eating dinner, Karen
and I noticed a creaking noise every so often and then realised it was the ice. We’ve never heard it before but suspect it
may be something to do with being moored near a lock which has a water flow through
it.
As I sit here this
morning, it’s snowing again but not a lot and we’ve only had about 3” so
nothing really compared with when we were at Alvechurch at the end of last year.
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