Our view in the morning sun. The Tixall Wide Gatehouse (all that remains of a former stately) is owned by the Landmark Trust and one can rent it from GBP480 for 4 nights - not bad. The Americans we met down near Kinver had stayed in it for a week before renting their boats. Fantastic they said.
Pulling out to commence the last little bit of our journey along the Staff&Worcs Canal
However the mute swan was not easily giving ground
Last view of Tixall Wide
Coming up to Great Haywood Junction
We had to hover before the junction whilst a boat out on the T&M was performing a 360o turn with another boat pushing rudely through to get onto the waterpoint.
When the coast was clear, L performed a perfect righthand turn onto the Trent & Mersey, applauded by our acqaintances on Wea.rytired who were moored up on the corner.
After working down through Haywood Lock we cruised passed the Shugborough Estate
The very pretty Colwich Lock
A truly bucolic scene
Told you there are lots of Canadian Geese. According to the Royal Bird Society there are 6,000 and something Mute Swan nesting pairs in England and there are 57,000 pairs of Canadian Geese!!!!
The CRT boys hard at work, not in the pic is the man on the sit upon lawnmower - they only have 2,000+ miles of towpath to mow!
Power station at Rugeley hard to see through the misty drizzle now falling
Not even on the canals is one safe
Odd place for a narrow boat
We moored up for lunch just before the aqueduct over the River Trent, which is still running fairly full. The section of river we have to traverse further down only opened again yesterday afternoon.
Going through Rugeley and the sun was shining again
Out again, into green glades
Gleaming emerald in the sun
We travelled a mile and a half further on
And moored up just before Kings Bromley Marina at 4.40pm
10 miles, 2 locks, 6hrs 25mins
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