We stayed put yesterday and just chilled out and went for a
walk.
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| Leaving our lovely mooring |
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| Another narrow bit |
It was dry as we set off this morning along the canal, There
is a couple of really narrow parts on this stretch but got through them okay
without meeting a boat coming the other way although the canal was quite busy
this morning and a fair bit of movement.
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| Avenue Bridge |
We chugged on and went under Bridge 10, it is called Avenue
Bridge. It is a private ornate
balustrade bridge which carries the driveway to Chillington Hall, owned by the
Giffard family since the 12th Century, across the canal. This type
of ornate bridge was constructed for powerful landowners who would only grant
permission for a waterway to cross their land if such a structure was built for
them.
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| Nice view of Brewood Church |
On we went and soon we were coming in Brewood, there is a
nice view of the church before you get to the moorings.
We went under another bridge and moored in the visitor
moorings. They are not the best as they are under trees but you get a bit of
sun this time of year, mind you it is not that sunny today so doesn’t matter
too much.
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| Brewood Village Centre |
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| Barnfield Sandbeds |
We went for a walk up into the village, it is quite small
but has a few shops and a good butchers and bakers. They were shut today being Sunday but we will
pop up there tomorrow morning to get some things before we chug off.
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| Information Board |
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| Unique Cache Container |
We then went to do a couple of caches, one was right in the
village and we soon found it, then walked to a place called Barnfield
Sandbeds. It used to be a sand quarry
and has undergone a makeover to turn it from an overgrown and abandoned site to
a publicly accessible open space. The 14
acre site taken over by South Staffordshire Council in 2008 opened in July
2010. There is a nice circular walk
around it. There was a couple of caches,
we did find one and the container was really original, made to look like a pine
cone. Unfortunately we couldn’t find the
other one, but never mind we found two today so that is okay.
We then walked back to the boat. We had a couple of rain showers but also some
sun as well.
We are staying here tonight then chugging off after we have
visited the Butcher and Baker tomorrow morning.
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| Moored at Brewood |
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