We set off from Fenny Compton
in the late morning with Karen and Buddy walking along the towpath. It’s really handy having Karen on the towpath
on this canal as it is so twisty and she can give me ample warning of oncoming
boats.
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Karen keeping a look out
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We’ve always been
fascinated by this narrow footbridge in the grounds of Wormleighton
Grange. It is called the Wedding Bridge and it is unnumbered
so I suppose it is a private bridge.
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The Wedding Bridge
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Inscription and date –
MMIX – 2009
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Apparently, it replaced a
previous rickety structure in 2009 which was also called the Wedding Bridge but
I have been unable to find out the origin of the name.
After stopping for lunch,
we carried on to just before Priors Hardwick.
Just south of bridge 126 the bank has Armco which makes great mooring
for two or three boats. It is usually
full up but we were in luck and it was empty.
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View from the galley
across to the hill above Priors Hardwick
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As my back was still
feeling OK we walked back across the fields to fetch the car which was parked
at Fenny Compton. On the way, we went
through the hamlet of Wormleighton – another one for our list of places to live
one day. Karen had a great idea for an
app – see a house you fancy and pin it in the app somehow so that when it comes
on the market you receive an alert.
I’m not sure what defines
a village or hamlet; I had always thought that if there is a church then it
must be a village. Even though there’s a
fine 13th century church in Wormleighton it feels like a hamlet as
there are so few houses.
We had some brilliant 360-degree
views of the Warwickshire countryside and could make out the church and
windmill at the top of Napton-on-the-Hill.
Karen took some panorama shots but they didn’t do the vista any
justice. In fact, ordinary shots didn’t do
any better but I have included one for the memory.
For dinner, Karen tried a
new salmon steak recipe she had found and it was definitely one to add to our
recipe folder 😊
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