24/05/2008 Sat
Atherstone 11 locks, busy and lack of water - BW were manfully trying to sort it out by stopping traffic and opening all the lock paddles to let more water in to the dry section, pity that left us on the bottom. Much relief to get that lot finished eventually mooring short of Polesworth - saw a monument or Obelisk in a field which a 'local' think was a memorial to local miners killed in the war. I have seen it before and failed to look it up on our return.
Google comes to the rescue - ignore the above!!
The Monument, Polesworth. An obelisk built by Sir George Chetwynd to mark the site of the Chapel of Hoo. 1950s. The ancient village of Hoo has one recognisable feature that is still standing in North Warwickshire today. The Hoo obelisk is believed to be half a mile away from the original settlement. It was moved about 1840 when the railway track needed to be widened.
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