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| Chugging along in the dry today! |
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| Going into Deptmore Lock and queue is forming |
We decided to move a couple of miles along the canal to
where there is a pub and a retail park and when we set off today the sun was
shining, hurray, no rain, lets hope we can get moored up before it comes!
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| It's a deep lock |
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| Geese family by canal |
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| Cows by canal in flooded field |
We got to Deptmore Lock and there was a queue of two boats in
front of us, and there was a couple of boats coming up as well so we helped get
them all through then it was our turn and just as we were going into the lock
two more boats came behind us, so a busy lock today and that meant that I had
help. We were soon down through the lock
and on our way along the canal. Some of
the fields by the canal were flooded and there was some cows in one of them,
but they were okay as they had a bank and some of the field was not under water.
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| Flooded River Penk |
We went on along the canal past the Stafford Boat club where
there was lots of moored boats and soon we were at Radford Bank and we moored
just before Bridge 98. Where we were
moored there was a gate and a path which went up to the road and this ran
alongside the River Penk which had flooded the fields around it. There was some cows and calves near the river
but they had some field to be in without getting their feet wet.
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| Queens Shopping Park |
Just up the road from the canal was an Aldi and a bit
further on was Queens Shopping Park so we had a walk up there. There was quite
a few shops, Boots, Matalan, Next and a Costa.
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| Flooded Children's Park |
We had a walk around then went for a coffee. We had to walk across the bridge that went
over the River Penk and the other side there was a children’s play park and it
was underwater!
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| Radford Bank Pub |
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| Calf feeding by flooded River Penk |
The pub near the canal called Radford Bank is a Carvery pub
so we went there for lunch. It was cheap
and cheerful, two courses for £6.45, I had gammon ham off the carvery and Kev
had half a roast chicken and then you can help yourself to all the vegetables
including chips at the carvery, then for dessert we had a bottomless ice-cream,
they had an ice-cream machine and you just help yourself and there were sauces
to go on the top as well, it was good value.
We walked back to the boat after our lunch and just chilled
out. We are staying here tonight and
going for breakfast in the pub as they do an all you can eat for £4.29 and an
extra £1.69 for bottomless tea or coffee and then we will chug onto Great
Haywood a few miles up the canal.
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| Moored at Radford Bank |
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