A quick look at Cosgrove

Last night I slept badly but because of that I didn’t rise from my bed until 8:45 this morning, the sun was shining and my first thought was ‘typical, probably missed a lovely sunrise.’
Breakfast sorted I decided to have a look around not sure where I was going as I hadn’t bothered with Google maps or anything else, I just headed off down the towpath. Past the lock and service point I saw a sign saying Horse Tunnel 1/4 mile pointing down some steps, so I thought I’d have a look, this is what I saw

It wasn’t 1/4 mile away it was at the bottom of the steps
The tunnel passes under the canal so you can get to the pub easier (amongst other things), perhaps years ago they stabled horses there, I don’t know, anyway it was very low, you would need to be a small horse or possibly a sheep.
Venturing on through the tunnel I found the Barley Mow but it was a bit early to visit so I’ll pop back another time, it looked quite nice but a delivery lorry prevented me from getting a picture, heading for the villiage I found my self going back over the canal via this lovely looking bridge

and then having walked down onto the towpath to get the picture I decided I’d carry on back to the boat, I wasn’t really in a walking mood still feeling rather tired.
Back at the boat the temperature had risen quite a bit and I have been waiting for a day like this to try and dry the engine bay out and continue where I left off with the painting and at the moment the boat is resting on the bottom leaning just enough to assist in keeping one of the three areas I need to paint free of water, so I lifted the engine cover and bailed out the water and sludge and left the cover off for it to dry, hoping that tomorrow the weather will stay dry and I can paint that section, the milk bottle is there to catch the drips from the hot water tank expansion.

It has been a lovely day but I am feeling very sluggish, I hope I perk up tomorrow.
I will have another wander and venture into the village, I am here for a while.