As the weather was poor, I spent yesterday catching up on some jobs. Today's forecast is reasonable so I make a fairly early start and stop at Polesworth where there is supposed to be a good butcher. And so it proves - and a greengrocer just across the road. As usual, I am tempted into buying too much - thank goodness for the vacuum packer. There is a very pleasant park just by the canal with lots of amenities and a field for James to play in. But I decide to move on as I want to get a bit ahead on my schedule of getting to Gnosall for Easter and the forecast for the weekend does not look brilliant.
Just a short way North is Pooley Hall, built in 1509 and now a Country Park operated by Warwickshire County Council. It is still a private residence and I was intrigued to know who lives in places like this - apparently until recently it was the home of the late Edwin Starr, an American Soul and Motown Singer.
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| Aqueduct over the River Tame at Tamworth |
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| Looking back to the aqueduct |
Fazeley junction and the route to Birmingham but I am heading North on a longer route but with a lot less locks - and I prefer countryside to cities anyway.
11.5 miles; 2 locks
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