After meeting at the village hall car park we set off for Draycote Water, south of Rugby on the A426.
The day was dull, damp and a little misty. On the plus side it wasn't raining.
Booted and gloved up we set off. There are no toilet facilities walking around Draycote so the first port of call was the Visitor Centre.
There's a very nice cafe which we fully intended to make use of on our return.
As always everyone gets in the mood.
Even under the hoods and hats there are smiles - you just can't see them.
The local geese didn't object as we walked by.
After the first section, which is a long walk along the dam, we came to the nature reserve, near the Thurlaston area.
On the right of the path there is an Alpaca farm and you can often see them at close quarters grazing close to the fence.
Over the small incline we spotted a fishing boat on the reservoir with what looked like a catch.
This fish was caught, taken out of the water, given a word of advice and then set free.
Turning left at the pumping station and walking across the other dam another fisherman was spotted landing a fish. Again the fish was taken out of the water, a few words of advice and then set free.
I suppose they were not quite big enough for the dinner table, so it was their lucky day today.
Talking about dinner tables, we soon arrived at the cafe and yes, they served coffee, tea and scones freshly baked - irresistible to the chief testers within our ranks.
Cream Scone verdict - 5 star rating.
Outside the visitor centre there was a sign indicating other reservoirs with walks around them.
We all had a good walk today and will be trying out some of the others in the future.
Next week it's Easter. On Good Friday we will be walking from Blaby to Kings Lock cafe along the Great Central path and the canal path if it's not too muddy.
Our picture of the week was one submitted in the interesting conversational topics category.
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