Calveley to Hurleston Junction (Shropshire Union Canal)

Diesel Boat Halsall

Filling up our cans

The sun was shining today and that’s good as we are on the move. We needed to fill up with water so we went under the bridge and stopped at the services. The diesel boat Halsall was in the services so we got some diesel, a gas bottle and some toilet fluid, its good buying from a boat, better than going into a Chandlery.

Moored outside the Cheese Shop/Cafe

My Breakfast

We then moved down the canal and stopped outside Calveley Cheese Shop and Café, it is right on the canal and you can moor outside.

Cheese Shop

We went in and had a lovely breakfast and then bought some cheese, bread and milk.  They do a cheese called Calveley Crunch and its delicious, it is supposed to have salt crystals in it but you can’t taste the salt but it is crunchy and so tasty.

Busy Barbridge Junction

We then chugged on and soon came to Barbridge Junction, this is the junction with the Middlewich Arm.  The canal has now become very busy and there were boats everywhere, we are now in the real world as the last few weeks it has been so quiet and now we are back with a bump!

Our lovely Ice-Creams

We moored up just before Hurleston Junction which is the junction with the Llangollen Canal and that was really busy, a lot of boats were turning up there, glad we are not doing that canal at the moment.

We have moored here as we are off to visit Snugburys Ice-Cream shop this afternoon, we went there on our way up to Chester and the ice-cream is so yummy, we can’t resist going again and I can report that it was as good as last time, delicious.  Also there is a farm on the way selling free range eggs so we want to get some of them as well.

We are staying here tonight and then off to Nantwich tomorrow, hope the canal is not as busy as it is today and the sun keeps shining!

Moored at Hurleston Junction