Day 7: Coventry to Rugby
We start the day with a visit to Coventry Cathedral, then make our escape from the city using the Coventry Canal towpath and the Sowe Valley footpath. After lunch things become more rural as we skirt Coombe Abbey Country Park. There's a bit of road walking before we reach Brinklow with its church and castle, then join the Oxford Canal to the edge of Rugby, which we enter on the Black Path.
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Methodist Central Hall, Coventry
Shell window, Methodist Hall, Coventry Claire Glover
Methodist Central Hall largely clear of pilgrims. 6.15 rise time today! John Chenery
Cross of Knives, Methodist Hall, Coventry Claire Glover
Methodist Central Hall John Chenery
Cathedral Church of Saint Michael, Coventry
Coventry Cathedral Mary Fuller
Old cathedral spire in the early morning sun. John Chenery
Entering the old bombed Coventry Cathedral Michael McCabe
Coventry dawn Aidan Simons
Gathered for Coventry Cathedral morning prayer John Chenery
Photo after Morning prayer at Coventry Cathedral Aron Yuen
Photo after Morning prayer at Coventry Cathedral, including the prayer leader Aron on the left. After morning prayer we had the cathedral all to ourselves to explore before the general public were admitted at 10am. Aron Yuen
The Charred Cross which was assembled the day after the old cathedral was destroyed John Chenery
Notes accompanying the Charred Cross John Chenery
Children's model of new and old cathedrals John Chenery
Stained glass at Coventry Cathedral Julian Glover
The Cross of Nails in the centre of a large cross sculpture at the main altar of the cathedral. The nails were found in the charred ruins. John Chenery
Reflection in Coventry Cathedral chapel potwok
Side altar at Coventry cathedral Michael McCabe
The huge tapestry at the east end of Coventry Cathedral John Chenery
My patron saint Michael crushes the Devil Michael McCabe
The new Coventry Cathedral Louise
Looking out of the west end of the new cathedral to the old cathedral John Chenery
New cathedral towering over remains of old cathedral John Chenery
Front markers refueling at St Mary's Guildhall Aidan Simons
Swan Song Danny Thomas
Fords Hospital Alms houses for women in Coventry Clare Gamble
Coventry Canal Basin Claire Glover
Duck and ducklings Danny Thomas
End of the Coventry Canal John Chenery
Another end of the Coventry Canal (it forks into 2 basins) John Chenery
Lazing feathered pilgrims on the canal in Coventry potwok
The Red Lion, Walsgrave-on-Sowe
The Red Lion, Walsgrave-on-Sowe John Chenery
St. Mary's Church, Walsgrave-on-Sowe
Lunch at Walsgrave on Sowe Francis O Sullivan
On the road John Chenery
Wild rose 1, Tilley Hat 0 Aidan Simons
St John the Baptist Church, Brinklow
Approaching St John The Baptist, Brinklow John Chenery
Raven Danny Thomas
Tea and biscuits gratefully received in St John the Baptist, Brinklow John Chenery
View from top of Brinklow Castle, a motte and bailey. John Chenery
On the canal in the late afternoon Mary Fuller
Light at the end of the Newbold Tunnel John Chenery
Gill was struck by the same canal view as Mary Gill Godber
St Botolph's Church, Newbold-on-Avon
St Botolph's Newbold on Avon Aidan Simons
The award winning graveyard of St Botolph's, Newbold on Avon Aidan Simons
St Botolph, Newbold-on-Avon John Chenery
Squash and biscuits in St Botolph's John Chenery
Weather Vane at Newbold on Avon Church (showing a pilgrim leading a donkey) Claire Glover
Today's backmarking team. John Chenery
We've got to go up John Chenery
We had to cross above all these railway tracks. John Chenery
Rugby Baptist Church
Arriving at Rugby Baptist Church John Chenery
Nourishment from Penny Danny Thomas
