Just after we set off, to the right of the canal is Ambion Wood.
You can just about see a white information board telling you that the field we are looking across was where one of the armies gathered. The canal would not have been there but it was described as being boggy.
After passing Market Bosworth the canal becomes a SSSI.
A site of special scientific interest. There is an information board giving more details but boaters are requested not to empty chemicals into the water.
We then passed several fields covered in white flowers.
It was only as we got closer that we could see the sunflowers growing alongside.
We don't know what the other crop was, let's hope we find out one day.
We arrived at Shackerstone in time to take a turn around the village looking for a post box - which we found!
All the churches we have seen are very substantial, Shackerstone's being no exception.
We have a nice sheltered mooring with hardly any other boats around.
Normally, these moorings are jam packed but perhaps people are staying away because of the low water levels, who knows. It hasn't bothered us so far, we're just plodding along slowly and getting to wherever we end up as fast as we can. Or should that be as slow as we can?
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