Today, we
are leaving Great Haywood and chugging on a couple of miles.
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| Passing Shugborough Hall |
It was not
so sunny this morning as we set off along the canal but it was dry. We passed through Little Haywood where we
walked to on Saturday and then we were approaching Colwich lock. There was a boat coming up the lock so I went
down to give a hand.
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| Picture Frame on the Water! |
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| Approaching Colwich Lock |
We kept
pushing the gate to open it but it wouldn't go, it looked as if the lock was
full but just couldn’t open the gate, then the chap on the boat went to check
that the bottom paddles were fully shut and found that they hadn't shut one
properly so he closed it, the lock filled fully and the gate opened. As he went past me, I said to him I don't
know you just can't get the staff and he laughed and said no you can't as it
was his wife who hadn't shut the paddle fully!
Kev brought
the boat in and I emptied the lock and down he went, there was a boat waiting
to come up so I left the gates open and we went on our way.
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| Leaving Colwich Lock |
We chugged
on a bit further and moored up at Wolseley Bridge.
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| In Colwich Lock |
In the
afternoon, Kev did some tidying up and we then just chilled out.
We are staying
here a couple of days as just up the road is a Craft Centre, a Garden Centre
and a small Nature Reserve so we are off up there tomorrow and are going to
have a picnic there, in the nature reserve hasten to add, not the garden centre!
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| Moored at Wolseley Bridge |
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