I have received a question asking whether or not we will be venturing down the arm of the canal that goes into Coventry itself. The short answer is that I wasn't intending to do so. Last year when we went around the Leicester ring, which incorporates the Coventry Canal, we went down the arm that goes into the heart of Coventry and we wished that we hadn't! Several times we grounded and got stuck on rubbish that had been thrown into the canal and it wasn't very picturesque as all there was to see along the canal was several large rodents and masses of rubbish filled carrier bags strewn from every available fence, post and railing. The whole section of the canal arm into Coventry was like a huge municipal tip. Does anyone know why people, presumably local people, had done this? I'm sure boaters weren't the cause as this is the only time I have ever seen this on any of the many canals I have been on. Mercifully the rest of the canal was delightful.