Prairie Adventure : The Ashby canal

Tuesday 12th June

We set off early and the first tricky part was turning into the very narrow channel that started the Ashby canal. I let John do that and then took over the steering whilst he walked Dex along the towpath.

The Ashby canal is very rural and scenic which is one of the reasons we wanted to visit it.
http://www.ashbycanal.org.uk/ Currently it is 22 miles long although there is a big restoration project underway. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ashby_Canal

One of it's attractive features are the many stone bridges like this one below.

There were a few boats coming in the opposite direction and several hire boats but it was largely unspoilt countryside.

This mobile home park was in a great setting with it's own moorings!

Lots of ducklings!

After a couple of hours walking John and Dex joined me on the boat and John took over the steering.

Soon we arrived at Sutton wharf. We were able to moor next to the water point which was good as we had run out! We had planned to fill up earlier but the water point at bridge 15 was broken.

Anyway no problem here and we filled up and settled in for the afternoon.

Dex was happy watching all the ducks and making sure they didn't get too close!

Later we went to visit the Battle of Bosworth site and did a tour of the battlefields. There was a circular walk to follow. It was such beautiful scenery it's hard to imagine the carnage of that bloody battle where so many died including King Richard III.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Bosworth_Field

The route led to a steam railway that runs during the summer. Unfortunately we didn't have time to play on the trains! https://www.battlefieldline.co.uk/