Canal Boat Leisure Trip
Our first day out on the water started at Lyons boatyard on the Stratford canal to the south of Birmingham and we excitedly boarded our boat for the day. This canal was already busy, everyone we passed were so friendly and waved or had a quick chat. On this route there is a drawbridge to contend with and Sabah chose to open it. We alighted the boat and followed the instructions and ‘hey presto’ the bridge raised up followed by the barriers enabling the captain and the rest of the crew to sail through. On board, we spent time playing board games and doing a quiz and taking turns to steer the boat.
We cruised down the canal towards 2 long tunnels. On entering the first one, we sounded the horn, switched on our headlight and sailed through smoothly. The second one was a breeze and we then reached our turn point, the boat was turned about and we headed back the way we came.
A fascinating morning was spent at the Coventry Motor Museum. This is home to the largest collection of British-made road transport held in public ownership. It is held in Coventry because the city was previously the centre of the British car industry and the birthplace of the bicycle.
We had a wonderful time walking around this unique museum, through the 14 galleries viewing the most innovative and luxurious vehicles of the last 200 years.
Our boat today was ‘The Mole’. We waved and briefly chatted to other boaters passing by as we sailed along. We passed Sutton Cheney and on to Bosworth marina, mooring up along the tow path to enjoy tea and biscuits whilst watching the world go by. After turning the boat, we had great fun playing board games, singing along to the radio whilst taking turns to practice steering our vessel. Everyone proved to be amazing captains, well done crew!
Stopping for lunch gave us the perfect opportunity to re-enact the iconic moment in the film Titanic.
We cruised slowly along taking in the beautiful scenery whilst spotting nesting swans, a gaggle of geese and several herons. It was so peaceful and before long the sun came out, the awning was removed, and we could then enjoy the warmth of the sun.
We hit the bowling alley for a few friendly but competitive games of bowling. It was a close game with some great high scores.
Everyone was so excited to visit Cadbury World and couldn’t wait to explore inside. We packed our Cadbury bags with yummy chocolate treats and entered the tropical rainforest of the Mayan Indians and discovered the origins of the cocoa bean. We continued into Victorian Bull Street to see where the Cadbury business began.
The chocolatiers then showed off their amazing skills, hand making chocolate before we had a chance to show off our piping skills doodling our names in warm, liquid chocolate. In the chocolate making zone, we all sampled a taster and could choose our favourite treat to add to this delicious, warm liquid dairy milk, yummy!
We ate chocolate as we went, posing for photographs and having a wonderful time. The interactive purple planet was great fun as we danced and jumped through chocolate rain then chased crème eggs. Next, we climbed aboard the Beanmobiles and enjoyed the Cadabra ride through a chocolate wonderland, remembering to smile at the camera.
It was a warm day and we had lots of fun competing against each other on the golfing green. After the 9th hole was completed, our scores were added up and the golfing champion was Robert.
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