Coventry Canal:Polesworth

An easy run today.  No queues at Glascote Locks.  Our only issue was with overgrown offside vegetation on the sharp right hand curve coming out of Alvecote obscuring the view and a near miss with opposite direction traffic.  Sporadic overgrown vegetation in awkward places has been a recurrent theme.  On arrival we found an ideal mooring before the Tamworth Road bridge with a decent bank and mooring rings spaced at intervals such that  they were perfect for the 18 metre boat but so far apart that very long lines were needed to give adequate fore and aft control for surging and nothing to control lateral movement.  So ... big fenders.   We are waiting here to meet family who will be joining us to Brinklow.   Exploration of the village reveals much of interest, the Abbey Church set in attractive surroundings with an old gate house, the Abbey founded in the year 800 and a large park/recreational area.  This is an old coal mining town, though nothing obvious remains apart perhaps from some canal loading wharves.