On the move and an unusual heron..

Dadlington to Bosworth, Ashby Canal, 3 miles 0 locks

So we are off again on our travels.. not far as you can see, but moving! .  I have spent most of this evening trying to mend my broken computer.  Well it was only a bit broken, but a very important bit it was.  My photo and scanner wizard stopped working for no reason, so that when I plugged my camera in the computer I couldn’t get the pics off, that is why you have not had any pics of late.  Anyway after visiting Mr Gates’ site I found a ‘auto play tester and repairer’.  I ran that and hey presto it found a fault and now all is working, so here is a pic of where we are at the moment at the Bosworth Battlefield Visitor Moorings..

Note Ann's moggie charging at me full speed ready to cover me in yet more mud!.. and hey this is a very unusual pic of a heron…

You might note that it is sitting in a fir tree!

It’s not often they sit in fir trees you see, but this particular fir tree is a douglas fir, and it’s got to be 30 foot high.. it’s a special fir tree too.. it is situated at the bottom of daughter Wendie’s garden.  I planted it.

It was only 3 foot high when I planted it some 20 odd years ago after it had served it’s purpose as the family Christmas tree that year.  One of those with roots on.  This heron is a frequent visitor to this particular tree, it has a brilliant view over next doors pond, where there are plenty of fish for the taking!!

Home from home I was then.. see the herons follow me everywhere albeit along the waterways, or in Hampshire nowhere near any waterway!

But here on the Ashby I have seen few herons, and to be honest I nearly had a mind to turn back and exit the canal.  The towpaths are awash with mud, and around Bosworth dredging is going on. I don’t quite know what they are dredging, for sure I was close to the bottom passing through, but they have chucked whatever from the bottom of the canal straight onto the towpath side, ugh what a mess they are making.. its really quite horrid.

The moorings here are not too bad, although still quite muddy, gawd knows what it will be like when we have a bit of rain.  Maybe it is just this area, I know they have been working on the embankment here pre Christmas, and I phoned BW today just to check that all the work had been done and that there would be no new stoppages.. “All done, nothing in the pipeline to be worked on this year”  said a very cheery lady from the Fazeley office.

I am moaning a bit about a canal I remember many years ago as being beautiful.. I have yet to see the beauty on this particular trip.  Maybe I will tomorrow..