Friday 31st July to Monday 3rd
August
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| Set up ready for Trading |
Friday, Saturday and
Sunday we stayed put at Great Haywood and set up our stall and did some
trading. This was the first time we have
traded properly and it was a great weekend.
Lots of people stopped by to have a look and we sold a variety of products
so really pleased with how it went and the weather was kind to us as well, so
all in all a great start to being a Roving trader.
Monday – We went out
for a walk in the morning and went to the farm shop where they have pick your
own Strawberries and Raspberries.
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| Our Cheap Lunch |
There
were lots of people picking their own but plenty for us as well, this pick your
own is very popular. We then decided to
have lunch in the cafe by the farm shop as they are running the Eat Out to Help
Out scheme where you can get 50% off food and non alcoholic drinks.
They have an outside terrace by the canal and
also a marquee, it was very busy and also we had a rain shower so I think
everyone had headed for the marquee.
We eventually got a
table and then Kev went and ordered our food.
We both had lamb burgers with blue cheese and sweet chilli jam and chips
and coffee and it was £10 for the two of us, a bargain so thank you Boris!
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| Coming to the Aqueduct |
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| Onto the Staffs & Worcs Canal |
It is very well
organised there, you order from the coffee van, then you collect your food from
the collection point, the food is in throw away containers and any condiments
you want and knives, forks and serviettes are put in a paper bag.
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| The River Sow Below |
The burgers were
really good. We then walked back to the
boat.
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| Coming to a Bridge |
The canal was very
quiet and the services were empty so we decided to take advantage and move up
to the services go get water, then head up to Tixall Wide.
We untied and moved
up to the service point and filled up with water, got rid of our rubbish and
emptied the loos.
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| Lovely Bright Afternoon |
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| Heron in the Reeds |
We then reversed to
the winding hole and went under the bridge into the Staffs & Worcester
canal leaving the Trent & Mersey canal behind us.
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| Heron on the Towpath |
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| Off He Goes |
It was a nice sunny
afternoon and we chugged along in the sunshine over the aqueduct and along the
canal, under a bridge and then we were approaching Tixall Wide.
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| View from our Mooring |
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| Lovely Reflections |
It was quite busy
with boats but we did find a space, we went in one space which I said to go in,
but the side of the towpath wasn’t that good so we ended moving up a bit into a
space that Kev said to go in first and it was much better, so maybe I should
have listened to him! Mind you lately we seem to move into one or two places
before we find the best place, I think it’s becoming the norm!
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| Sunset at Tixall Wide |
We are staying here
for a few days now. It is such a lovely
spot and we really like mooring here, mind you when we were here a couple of
weeks ago, it was very quiet, but now it is packed, but still a lovely mooring
spot.
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| Sunset at Tixall Wide |
Wednesday we are
meeting our friends John, Sharon and Smuggler at the canalside café for lunch,
so looking forward to catching up with them and the Eat Out to Help Out scheme
is on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesdays so we can take advantage of that again.
Then on Friday we
will be moving on towards Stafford Boat Club as next Monday we are going in
there for a week to take our boat out of the water to black her bottom.
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| Moored at Tixall Wide |
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