Coventry has a substantial but confusing centre, partly thanks to the urban regeneration service of the Luftwaffe, but also because it's on some quite awkward, up and down terrain. The best way to get into the shops is to cross the footbridge over the ring road, and keep walking until you come to a main junction. Turn left here for the Transport Museum and Sainsbury's, or right and then left into the first of the shopping precincts. But there are small precincts and indoor malls all over the place, and if you want to visit a specific shop, it's probably best to Google for specific directions before setting out.
We had a pretty productive shop, and tottered back to Sanity Again just after eleven. After a restorative coffee, we decided to wind the boat, ready for our escape in the morning. It's always interesting turning in a Y shaped basin, but we got round in the end, and reversed back onto the moorings.
This afternoon, I took some photos of the place, and also went into the engine bay, doing routine checks, changing some nappies and tweaking up the stern gland which was dripping like fun again.
Here are the best of the pictures, starting with an entry for the all time silly notice on a waterway:
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| "Warning, please do not flush water onto the quayside it is porous" |
/no
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| Statue of Brindley, planning |
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| The arch in the distance is the best way out on foot |
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| Way out for boats |
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| There's only the one boat exit, so all the signs point the same way... |
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| This swing bridge over the other arm is locked and can't be swung, thus reducing the available mooring |
*Pridian: a very, very rare adjective meaning "relating to yesterday".
1 comment:
The swing bridge is open sometimes, I quite like the "inside" mooring at the end of that arm. Not that I have ever been there when there isn't plenty of free space.
At least you didn't have the added fun of a boat moored to the bollards with the "no mooring" signs next to them, that certainly caused a few problems last time I was there.
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