On Saturday I had a wander around Hopwas, a very small village with two pubs and a church or two and not much else although this schoolhouse caught my eye by reason of the wording on the stone.
It must have been quite something for a benefactor to be able to provide a schoolhouse for such a small village. It has since been developed alongside this and is now a thriving Primary school and this building is probably only used for the Admin side.
Having looked around the village I walked up the lane leading to this beautiful church.
St Chad's dedicated in 1869 is by far the best looking village church I have seen so far.
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| Looking back over the village from the Church |
Walking back down the hill and passing over the canal on the road bridge, the next bridge along is over the river Tame which runs fairly parallel to the canal at this point.
On Sunday I moved on to Whittington.
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| Passing new housing at Whittington |
I passed through the village and moored just the other side in a more open spot away from the housing and roads and once sorted I had a brief foray into the village, it's very nice with quite a lot of new housing alongside the older properties but not very picturesque, it does have a handy Co-op so I was able to stock up with a few bits.
Yesterday (Monday) was a cold start with a heavy frost over the boat, the temperature in the saloon was 5 degrees, I didn't check the bedroom temperature as it would probably horrify me, it's furthest from the stove and definitely 'cooler', but the stove was still 'in' so a bit of stoking and added coal and it was soon nice and warm again.
I had intended to move on again this morning but I have aggravated my back a little getting coal off the roof, and as I have time in hand I have decided to stay put and rest it a little.
Mooring
Total travel: 2 miles
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