Shebdon Enbankment to Norbury Junction (Shropshire Union Canal)

We have been cut off from the outside world for the last couple of days at Norbury Junction - no signal! You don't realise how much you use it and depend on it until it isn't there, but glad to say we are now in a better area and can post so here is Saturday's post:

Saturday 24th September

The Anchor

We are on the move again today and the sun was shining as we set off along the canal and past the Anchor pub at High Offley, this is a really old fashioned pub more like a house than a pub and we will certainly stop here next time.

Going through Grub Street Cutting

We carried on and soon was passing through Grub Street Cutting and at the end of this cutting is High Bridge which carries the A519 across the canal, this unusual double arched bridge supports a tiny telegraph pole on the lower arch.  This is all that remains of the continuous line which used to follow alongside the canal.

High Bridge

Heron in Grub Street Cutting

Norbury Junction

On we went and then we were approaching Norbury Junction where we moored up.  This is a really nice place and busy in the Summer with hire base and boat yard.  This was once the outlet for the Shrewsbury, Newport and Trench branches on to the rest of the Shropshire Union Canal system.  There was a long flight of locks from the junction down to Newport, but these are now closed, except for the top lock which is used as a dock.

There is a pub the Junction Inn and a café by the boatyard so we had a walk around and then went to the café for a coffee.

We are staying here tonight then tomorrow we are off to the pub for Sunday lunch as they do a Carvery and also Kev has found a circular walk of about 2 miles we can do around Shelmore Wood so that’s our plan for tomorrow.

 

Moored at Norbury Junction