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| At bottom of Tyrley Locks |
We are on the move today after spending a few days in Market
Drayton. It has been nice as on Tuesday
we met my friend Gill who lives in Shrewsbury and caught the bus over to see
us. It was great to see her and catch up
as it has been a few years since we last met.
Wednesday it was market day so we walked down to the town and had a look
around there and got the rest of our shopping and also looked in the Chandlery
at the boat yard which is very well stocked.
We have had a nice time at Market Drayton but time to move on now.
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| Running the Gauntlet into the locks |
We set off from our mooring and stopped at the services to
get water, etc. then off we went along the canal to Tyrley locks. There are five locks in this flight and the
first couple are under trees so it is always very dark and dank. Also on most of the locks the bywash is very
fierce so Kev will have to run the gauntlet when getting into the locks!
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| In the sunny locks |
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| Kev's Helper! |
There was a couple of boats in front of us and no boats
coming down so it took a while to get going up the locks, but there was a volunteer
lock keeper so that helped.
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| At top of Tyrley Locks |
We made our way up the locks and when you get to the third
one, it is out in the open again so getting into the sunshine was very nice as
it was quite chilly under the trees.
Soon we were at the top of the locks and we stopped again at the
services to get more water as we had done the washing on the way and so wanted
to fill the tank up again.
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| Stall at the Top Lock |
At the top lock there is a house and they had a stall by the
lock selling home-made jam and chutney, vegetables, some raspberries and there
was a box of eating and cooking apples to which you could help yourself. Needless to say we nearly cleared the stall
with all the goodies we got, nothing like fresh veg and home-made jam and chutney
and free apples!
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| Very Tall Bridge |
We went on our way and we went through Woodseaves Cutting
which is about 70ft deep and a mile long and was cut out from the rock entirely
by men without powered machines. It is
lovely but is very narrow in places and the sides are very rocky so not ideal
to meet another boat coming the other way.
There are also a couple of really high bridges. We saw a kingfisher while we were chugging
through but he was too quick for a photo!
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| Woodseaves Cutting |
We managed to do the whole cutting without meeting a
boat. There was one coming as we got to
the end but he had the sense to wait in the wide bit for us to come through so
that was lucky.
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| Wharf Tavern |
We chugged on a bit further and then moored at Goldstone
opposite The Wharf Tavern which is a great pub.
We went over there for lunch and it was really good as always. They make their own battered scampi so I had
that and Kev had a ploughmans which was huge with Ham and Cheese. The food is excellent and they are very
generous with the portions.
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| Cheswardine Church |
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| Cheswardine |
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| Community Shop |
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| I'm not walking that far! |
We sat in the garden of the pub for a bit and then we did a
circular walk up to the village of Cheswardine which has a nice church which
was open so we had a look inside and they also have a Community Shop. We then walked through the village where there was a mile marker for all sorts of places, glad we are not walking that far! We came back
down to the canal and then along the towpath, under a couple of bridges and
back to the boat. It was a beautiful
sunny afternoon so it was nice to get out and have a walk.
We are staying here tonight then off tomorrow morning.
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| Moored at Goldstone |
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