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| Passing the Boaters Christian Fellowship HQ |
We are on
the move today, although not very far just up to Wolseley Bridge where the The
Wolseley Centre and Nature Reserve is.
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| Craft Centre |
It was
another overcast day and a few rain spots but we set off anyway. Just up from where we were moored is NB
Dexta, the diesel boat which is moored at Taft Farm so we pulled up alongside
and the lady who runs it came down. She
is really friendly and also breeds sheep and pigs and sells the meat at the
farm along with eggs.
We filled up
with diesel and then went on our way just along the canal and moored up just
after the bridge.
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| Nice Sculpture |
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| Goose on her Nest |
We walked up
to the Nature Reserve and on the way is a small Craft Centre so we had a look
in there on the way past.
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| River Trent |
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| The Broadwalk |
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| Mum and Babies |
The Wolseley
Centre has a visitor centre and gift shop and is set in 26 acres. There is a network of accessible footpaths
which weave around the grounds and you can take a picnic beside the three lakes
or the River Trent which runs through the grounds. There is a broadwalk around the pools and
alongside the River Trent. There are
also some natural sculptures and willow creations around the grounds and lots
of benches to sit down and enjoy the tranquility.
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| There's 12 Under There! |
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| Garden Centre |
We had a
good wander around and bumped into an old chap who we saw here a couple of
years ago when we were last here, he comes every day and knows the reserve
really well. We had rain on and off
while we were wandering around but it didn’t really come to anything.
We saw a
couple of geese on nests and there was also a duck with 12 babies and they went
into a shallow bit near one of the pools and they all washed and then when we
came back around they were all under their mum and she was asleep, obviously
siesta time!
Next door
there is a garden centre so we went in there and had a wander around and had a
drink in the cafe then walked back to the boat.
We are staying here tonight then off to Great Haywood tomorrow.
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| Moored at Wolseley Bridge |
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