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| Passing the Junction |
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| Coming into Haywood Lock |
It
was a lovely sunny morning as we left our mooring and set off along the canal
to Great Haywood Junction. We stopped at
the services to fill up with water, get rid of rubbish etc., then we went on
our way passing the junction with the Staffs & Worcs canal and along to
Haywood lock.
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| In Haywood Lock |
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| A Lovely Day |
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| Under Another Bridge |
There
was a boat coming up so I helped them through and then it was our turn. As we were going down the lock another boat
came behind us and I thought I would get some help but no the chap came down to
the lock and just watched me. Kev thinks
it was because as we left the water point that boat came under the bridge but
we were already out into the canal so he had to go behind us and obviously
didn't like it or perhaps he never helps anyone!
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| Coming to Colwich \Lock |
We
came out the lock and chugged on along the canal past Little Haywood and then
came to Colwich Lock. A boat was coming
up and he was a single hander so we helped him through and then down we
went. The boat behind us with the
helpful chap on it turned up and he just watched me again, at least he was
consistent!
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| In Colwich Lock |
We
went on our way and after about a mile we moored at Wolseley Bridge. We had lunch then went out for a walk up to
the Nature Reserve and had a walk around there.
There
is a hide by the lake where they have bird feeders and there was a squirrel on
one of them having a good feed, he didn't run off when we came in and seemed to
be looking straight at us!
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| Squirrel Nutkin Looking at Us! |
We
walked along the boardwalk which runs around the pond and they have stacked up
wood for the bank voles to live in and we were lucky enough to see them today..
We watched them for a bit and a robin was flitting about there as well and
went for one of the voles, he didn't get him though.
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| The Boardwalk |
We
then went for a wander around the garden centre which is next door and then
went back to the boat.
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| Bank Vole |
As
it was a lovely sunny day and so we did the washing, I was sorting it out at
the back of the boat when a lad who had been running on the towpath said there
was a sheep on the towpath just up from us, he said it had swam across the
canal and got out and he wasn't sure what to do about it. We could see some farm buildings up on the
main road so he said he would go that way and see if he could find someone and
went on his way.
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| Heron in the Field |
A
short while later a boat pulled in behind us and then we heard someone knocking
on our boat, I went out and the chap said do you know there’s is a sheep at the
back of your boat and sure enough there was.
Just then the farmer who is called Fred came down the steps and we
called him over and he pulled the sheep out and walked it up the steps along
the road and put him back into the field.
Then him and Kev went off along the towpath to find the other one as we
though there was two escapees, they walked a fair way but no sign and Fred said
he didn't think one would wander that far so they came back. We think that the sheep we saw running off
along the towpath was the same one that ended up at the side of our boat, he probably
came back along when we were up on the road and went back in the canal to swim
back to his field but got spooked by a passing boat and ended up getting stuck
by our boat so alls well that ends well.
That was a first having a sheep stuck at the side of our boat, I should
have taken a photo but in all the excitement I forgot.
We
now have Farmer Fred’s number in case any more sheep decide to visit us!
We
are staying here tonight, then moving on to Rugeley in the morning.
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| Moored at Wolseley Bridge |
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