Bosworth Battlefield, 13th September 2020

A very pleasant 9-mile walk on Dave C's home territory, taking in the alleged battle site, the Bosworth Heritage Railway line, the Ashby Canal, Market Bosworth town centre and its Country Park.

Social distancing at the battlefield site

As you pass by the Sundial Memorial at Bosworth, you see references to thrones of the three principals at the battle of Bosworth, King Richard III, Henry Tudor and Lord Stanley who in the end decided the battle by throwing in with Henry

Equation of time - the errors in sundials due to the eccentricity of the earth's orbit and the tilt of its axis - as seen on the sundial

Crossing the 5-mile long Battlefield Line Heritage Railway at Shenton Station

One of many boats on the Ashby Canal

Opened in 1804, the 31-mile long Ashby-de-la-Zouch Canal connected the mining district around Moira, just outside the town of Ashby-de-la-Zouch, with the Coventry Canal at Bedworth in Warwickshire


Bosworth Marina - popular with older boaters as the canal is lock-free!

Older boats and boaters

Crests painted on shields displayed in Market Bosworth to celebrate its 500th anniversary.  Earl of Pemboke (L) and William Catesby (R)

Sutton Cheney