Hinckley, and its all bit white!

Weekend and today – Moored close Br 13 Hinckley, Ashby Canal

Walking has been very much on the agenda the last three days, back to my old self again after the recent virus really made me feel low.  I guess about 18 miles trapsed all around this lovely area..

Burton Fields is just off the Ashby Canal, a small village with just a post box, but also a large church with rather a lovely sundial on the main wall.  It was almost surrounded by bridges crossing the Ashby Canal, in fact we have been under 13 of them in just four and half miles.  Not much in the way of facilities on this canal though, rubbish is a problem to dispose of.  I am surprised there is no-where to dump that at the main bridges at Hinckley.  British Waterways do have a waterpoint there, so really there should be a rubbish disposal too, there is plenty of room to put a couple of wheelie bins!

Some of the bridges are a bit worse for wear, like bridge 9..

Seems this is held up with odd bits of bricks from some broken down building to me.  Towpaths too are in a poor state, with heavy tractor type wheels having dug in where the towpath hedge has been cut, and still the mini motor bikes speed up and down not giving a care about the mess they make or the danger to both humans and animals as they come screaming by the mooring.

It snowed quiet heavily early this afternoon bringing me back to the boat earlier than I had wanted, and by 3.45pm it dark enough to have to put the lights on.  More snow this evening too, and I am wondering if I will have my first ‘white winter’ pics to take in the morning.  Chas and Ann went on ahead this morning to collect post, they are moored about a mile further along the Ashby.. Hopefully we will join them tomorrow weather permitting!

All the Christmas shopping is done now on the internet, even purchasing the Christmas paper to wrap them all in!