We awoke to find thick fog outside. So we delayed the start for a bit. I did some hoovering, Pip did some tidying and we got a washing machine load together and set it going. By then the fog had cleared a bit and further pictures of Tixall Wide and the gatehouse were taken.
We set off and soon came across Tixall lock where there was further evidence of Dalek activity. After the lock Pip went down below to put tonight's tea into the slow cooker. We carried on along the River Sow valley, past Stafford.
After bridge 89 we went past an idyllic little country cottage. It was a lovely house with a large pretty garden and a gateway onto the canal towpath.
It was an almost perfect setting except for one thing:
The M6 was about 15 metres away!
We then made our way onto Penkridge where we tied up and headed off into the village to get some supplies.Then up through Penkridge lock and we made use of the water point above it to fill our tank. There followed a couple more locks that are sited hard by the the M6. Lots of real world people being busy and quick are very noisily speeding by. A couple more locks took us about a mile away from the motorway and we deemed it quiet enough to moor up for the night.
Some jacket potatoes got put in the oven and an hour or so later the previously prepared pork stew came out of the slow cooker. Yummy.
We set off and soon came across Tixall lock where there was further evidence of Dalek activity. After the lock Pip went down below to put tonight's tea into the slow cooker. We carried on along the River Sow valley, past Stafford. 
After bridge 89 we went past an idyllic little country cottage. It was a lovely house with a large pretty garden and a gateway onto the canal towpath. 
No comments:
Post a Comment