Monday 10th December 2018



We were of two minds as to whether or not to move on today. However, we needed some shopping and Brenda was not feeling too good, so we stayed.

We walked up to the town, crossing the road bridge over the railway line. This is the restored Battlefield Line that runs from Shackerstone to Shenton via Market Bosworth, a distance of about 5 miles.

We were last in Market Bosworth in 2005 when on a trip on our shared-ownership narrowboat. The town itself centres on the Market Square. A quaint place with many interesting buildings including a Grammar School that originates from 1320 and, although the present building was only built in 1828, it appears much older. Next to the church, the oldest building in the town is the Red Lion, one of the pubs we were in on Saturday, built during the 14th century.

After the discovery of the remains of King Richard III in 2015, there was a funeral procession that followed the route his body would have taken from the battlefield to Leicester. The coffin rested in the market square and is commemorated with a plaque set in the ground.

Brenda visited the chemist, butcher and the Co-op while I walked around taking some photos, not easy to get decent photos though, with all the traffic and parked cars. Then the bags were loaded for the mile walk back to the boat.



          


                                                                             Market Square, Market Bosworth                                                          
                                                                                              War Memorial





    

                          
                                                                              Dixie’s Grammar School                                                                      
                                                                                            The Red Lion Pub



On the boat Brenda rested up while I did a few jobs. Cut and fitted floor tiles from Midland Chandlers on the roof to rest the coal bags on, sanded the original boat pole for repainting in our new livery and started to drill holes in the gangplank holders to fit ratchet straps until the batteries for the drill expired.

The engine was run for about 45 minutes for hot water for showers.










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