Flood

Springtime usually brings the ford by the castle into play. In medieval times Finham Brook was dammed to create a huge lake ("The Mere") that surrounded the castle, forming part of its defences, and a boating lake for Kings and Queens. Nowadays, it flows under culverts in the road. However, when we have a lot of rain and the ground is waterlogged, or in this case, when the snow melts, the B4103 Castle Road floods.

A recent comment in the Kenilworth Weekly News suggested that a bridge should be built over the brook. Whilst the occasional inconvenience of the road closing is an irritation, personally I think this would be a real shame as the ford is part of the charm of this part of the town.

This same Saturday evening, we walked down alongside Abbey Pool and looked back to the castle silhouetted against the sunset sky.

We carried on up the hill and round past Castle Green where we took in the last rays of sunshine shining against the red phone box and letter box which sit comfortably against the backdrop of 16th and 17th Century cottages.