Took a walk around Shackerstone....

...on Saturday, another lovely small village with a big church and a big pub, I didn’t venture inside either.

The very small village green was on ‘Main Street’, these villages don’t seem very adventurous with the street names.

The Rising Sun 

Typical example of the housing.

I am not sure if the village hall was still in fact a village hall or a private residence, the attached residential property next door certainly looked as though it was originally part of a much larger hall.

The Village Hall

I then crossed the canal again and walked up to Shackerstone Station, the other end of the ‘Battlefield Line’ railway, but there was not much happening and unless you are a railway enthusiast not much to see but this is the front of the Station.

On Monday I moved off at 10am and headed to Market Bosworth, as I passed Congerstone I looked to see if by some small miracle my mooring chain was still in place but no such luck! so I carried on and found a towpath mooring just before the new Marina entrance.

I wandered all around the outer reaches of the marina to eventually find the Chandlers, as the site is still not finished you cannot gain access from where I am mooored about 2minutes away so it was more like a 15 minute walk, access will be a lot easier once all the work is completed. I replaced my mooring chain and bought a spare.

Yesterday I took an uphill walk to the town center to pick up some provisions and returned again this morning to get some fresh vegetables from the very small farmers market (one fruit and veg stall and one fishmongers van) I also visited the local butcher and bought some bits in there.

I am staying here a while as I only have one more stop to make before reaching Trinity Marina on November 3rd where Quinquireme will have a weeks rest, and I will do the touristy bit here if and when the sunshine returns but from what I’ve seen so far it’s a lovely little town.

Current Mooring.

Total travel : 4 miles