Crick and beyond

The last week in May saw us at the Crick Boat Festival where we helped our on the BCF stand on each of the three days for an hour or two. We moored our Narrowboat at Hillmorton then it was only about 6 miles across to Crick. We were fortunate to moor next to Andy and Liz who we made friends with, they were kind enough to drive us to Crick each day as they had only just bought their first Narrowboat and were searching for interesting ideas for their new adventure. BCF hold a Church service in the main tent on the Sunday morning with about 60 people attending, it was great to hear the Gospel going out for all to hear. 

On the Tuesday morning we were on our way again, never letting the grass grow under our feet. We continued up the North Oxford Canal towards Hawkesbury Junction then went left as Julia had said that Coventry was well worth seeing. Yes, it certainly was, we ended up having two nights right in the city. Coventry was heavily bombed during the WW2, the Cathedral was left with only a shell, determined to move forward they have made it into a Reconciliation area and also built a new modern Cathedral along side the ruins. We climbed the old tower which still has the bell chime every quarter hour. We were so glad Julia had talked about the area.

The Moter Museum has a great display of bikes and cars through the ages. Coventry was one of the early areas that dominated Britain’s production of bikes then cars.