Saturday 29th
August to Wednesday 2nd September
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| Bill & Peanut |
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| Peanut in Kev's Chair |
We stayed at Gnosall
over the bank holiday weekend and did some trading. Gnosall in general was really quiet and not
many people about, but we did sell a few things. Bill and Peanut joined us on Saturday and we
spent a nice couple of days together catching up, drinking tea and beer and
visiting the Boat Inn.
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| Where's My Biscuits! |
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| Bye Bye Bill & Peanut |
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| Our Mains |
The weather was
dry but not very warm but we did sit outside together a few times. Peanut knew we had dog biscuits on board and
when I went in to make a cup of tea, Peanut stuck his head in the window to remind
me not to forget his biscuits, he also made himself at home in Kev's chair. Bill and Peanut left Gnosall on Monday and as
they are going the opposite way to us, our paths won't cross again for a while
but I am sure we will see them next year.
It was nice to see them and catch up.
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| Our Dessert |
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| Goats near the Canal |
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| Goats by the Canal |
Tuesday, I had my
hair cut in the morning then we got the bus to Stafford to do some food
shopping. In the evening we went to The
Boat Inn for a meal as although the Government scheme has finished now, they
are carrying it on for the next two weeks.
They did a two course meal for £10 per person and it was delicious as
always.
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| The Boat Inn |
Near where we were
moored is a menagerie of animals, geese, chickens, guinea fowl and goats. It’s great seeing them all and one of the
goats likes to sit or stand on the roof of one of the shelters like he is the
king of the castle.
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| Goat on his Perch |
Today (Wednesday) we
are moving on, just a couple of miles to Norbury Junction.
It was dry when we
set off from our mooring. We went under
the bridge and stopped at the water point to fill up the tank.
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| Off We Go |
When that was full off we went, under the old
railway line which is now a footpath and on along the canal we went.
We soon came to Shelmore
Embankment which is a mile long. It took over 5 years to build as it was an
enormous task to shift the millions of cubic feet of earth to build it and the
bank slipped and collapsed time and again. It was completed in 1835.
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| Leaving Gnosall |
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| Going under the Railway Bridge |
There are flood gates at each end to close
off the channel in case of a breach. These gates were closed each night during
World War II as a precaution against bombing.
We chugged along the
embankment and then came to the visitor moorings and there was plenty of spaces, so room for us.
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| No Sun Today |
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| Mandarin Duck |
A chap we know from
the Gloucester & Sharpness canal, Dave was moored in front of us, we
haven’t seen him for a few years so we had a cup of coffee together and a chat,
it was nice to see him again.
From about
lunchtime, it started raining and seems to be in for the day so we decided not
to go out for a walk.
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| Shelmore Embankment |
We are staying here
for a couple of days as tomorrow we have a chap coming to see about getting new
covers for the front and back of the boat, then on Friday we shall move on.
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| Moored at NorburyJunction |
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