arkholmethesecond: Ansty to Coventry

We left Ansty bright and early this morning.

A tiny village that grew up alongside the canal.

Then its out into the countryside

This semi-derelict but listed engine house indicates Hawkesbury Junction is approaching......

Or "Sutton Stop" as known to generations of canal users and a wonderful conservation area.

While I am emptying the lock Trev is down the weed hatch....

anyone a shoe short????

The Greyhound Inn where we are reliably informed is a good place for a meal.

Making a zig-zag turn we arrive on the Coventry Canal

and the beginning of the linear "Greenway"

After a major investment programme in the 1990's this 5 1/2 mile stretch of canal has become the city's longest park.

Sadly a bit the worse for wear in places.

We wind our way through what was once a busy industrial area, former Keresley Colliery, Rover car works, Courtaulds, ordnance works and brick works.

Mother Nature soon reclaims.

Modern office space and apartments reclaiming Courtaulds works.

By bridge 2 stand "Cash's Hundreds". These are three-story workers' terraced cottages which provided housing for Joseph Cash's workforce on the ground and first floor and space for the individual weaver's looms on top. A steam engine powered the looms via a network of overhead pulleys. There were to be 100 dwellings-hence the name- but only 48 were erected.