Thursday 11th September Last night we did the late night tourist thing around Coventry. We found that 'Oliver <http://website.lineone.net/~familykeens/Trip2.htm> Twists' - superb eatery adjacent to the canal basin - is no more. We first discovered it on the Thursday of the 1st week we owned Jannock. What a shame!
Coventry Basin proved reasonably quiet and very safe for overnight mooring. We left once I had visited Machine Mart, over the bridge, to get a new welding mask and the only rain of the morning had finished. The weather was then kind to us for the rest of the day but it did rain again once we had moored up at Brinklow. We paused at the Tesco Extra store on the canalside just North of Coventry and re-stocked Jannock's larder. This was followed by sessions gathering ripe apples and lovely blackberries from off-side trees and bushes using the boathook to hold us in and move forwards and backwards facilitating Brenda to do the gathering from the front well. Once stopped at Brinklow, Brenda created a lovely blackberry and apple pie whilst I fetched the car from Poleworth. Due to fond memories of wild fruit gathering and other skills she was taught as a child, Brenda has dedicated today to her mum who died un-expectedly three weeks ago. Graham www.jannock.org.uk [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
