It's a bit dangerous on the side roads up here in the Midlands so I tend to stick to the Fosse Way which as you would expect is fairly straight and is kept well gritted and can be remarkably quite at some times of the day. On Sunday I had to wait until late in the day when the temperature had risen to -2 but I finally managed a couple of hours out to the basin at Brinklow (Stretton under Fosse) Warwickshire on the North Oxford - Coventry Canal, here the canal (built 1790's) and railway come through adjacent to each other as they make their way up from Watford Gap.
I did'nt hang around too long as the light was fading and it was very cold once off the bike, Fiona and her sister had taken a chance to drive up to the Lake District but encountered few problems as I think they are generally better prepared for bad weather up there.
