Great Haywood Marina (Trent & Mersey Canal) to Tixall Wide (Staffs & Worcester Canal)

Leaving the Marina

Coming to the Junction

Onto the Staffs & Worcs We Go

Lovely Sunny Day

We are leaving the marina this morning and the sun was shining when we got up.  We walked up to the shop first to get bread and milk then when we got back, we untied and off we went out of the marina and back onto the Trent & Mersey canal.  We went under two bridges and then we were at Great Haywood Junction where we turned right onto the Staffordshire & Worcester canal.

Harry Keeping a Look Out!

We chugged on along there meeting a couple of boats coming the other way.  We are only going about a mile today to Tixall Wide, a wide expanse of water which is a lovely place to moor.

We were soon approaching Tixall Wide where we turned around and moored up.  We then had brunch and chilled out for a while.

Sunset Over Tixall Wide

In the afternoon we went for a walk along the towpath to the lock as it was a lovely sunny warm afternoon.

We are staying here tonight then off back to Great Haywood tomorrow as although Tixall Wide is a lovely spot to moor, this time of year there is not much sun until late afternoon because of the trees and the sun being lower in the sky and we want to take as much advantage of the sun as we can while it is still shining, so we will move and moor below Great Haywood lock where it is more open and hopefully more sunny!

Moored at Tixall Wide