Longest aqueduct Oldest Church Longest Staircase Of Locks

A dull morning here and not too busy but the afternoon was rather delightful and interesting with a bit of excitement. We picked the best part of the day to go out as the sun decided to come out.

Took a trip out to the south of The City today to a place called Wooton Wawen. It was a pretty sought of place on The River Alne and Stratford and Avon canal. We took a leisurely stroll round the marina in the sunshine and took a walk across the first aqueduct of the day where we sat admiring the horses before going on to Edstone aqueduct and walking across that. The walk across Edstone aqueduct was enjoyable interesting to see our shadows from the bridge below. After we headed back out to Wooton Wawen stopping along the road for five minutes to watch a bird of prey hunting not sure what bird it was but it did look impressive hunting, we managed to get a camera shot of it.

Then we visited a very old saxon church called St Peters which boasted being the oldest church in Warwickshire and has stood there since 700AD. It was very impressive there was a lot to catch the eye and it was decked out in the most beautiful array of Easter lilies and spring flowers. The aroma and scent in the church was so sweet and very pleasant, hard to describe but a delight to the nostrils.

After St Peters we headed home via Hatton Locks they are very impressive and are the longest staircase of locks in the country. We had a bit of excitement at Hatton as Spritz chased a goose into a deep pond and ended up falling in with the mightiest of splashes. She's a big girl ! She tried to swim but could not get out as the bank was too steep, so I had to quickly run to her rescue and grab her collar and pull her out. She was soaked through and soaked me in the process after her big shake off. She didn't half smell on the way home, Jon described her as smelling like the bottom of a budgie cage.

Stopped of for a beer on the way home and picked up a bottle of Hobgoblins so enjoying that as I write and looking forward to tomorrows trip with Jon and my niece Abbie up to Liverpool and Southport for the day.