Friday 18th June
We had a nice few days at Norbury, going out for walks,
sitting in the sun and having lunch in the pub which was really nice, but time
to move on today.
We are just going to Gnosall a couple of miles down the
canal. This is a really nice village with
a great local shop called The Bakery which sells everything and always has lots
of bargains. Also our friends John,
Sharon and Smugs have moved to Gnosall and we have been invited to their new
house for a meal this evening so that will be nice.
It was a dry morning but not very sunny. We untied and went under the bridge, past the
pub and the cafe and stopped in the services to get water, get rid of rubbish
etc.
Once that was all done, we set off along the canal, along the Shelmore Embankment which is
a mile long and has flood gates at each end, to close off the channel in case
of a breach. These were closed each
night during World War II as a precaution against bombing.
On along the canal we went and past Shelmore Wood with lots
of trees overhanging the canal.
We went under a couple of bridges and then was approaching
Gnosall. We went under the old railway
bridge and moored up in the moorings before the water point.
In the afternoon, we walked into the village and went in the
Coop and The Bakery to get a few supplies.
In the evening we walked to John and Sharon’s house that is on the canal
and they can moor their boat at the end of their garden. It was nice to see the three of them and
after we had a guided tour of their gaff, we had a lovely evening having
drinkies and food which was delicious, it was great to catch up and I am sure
we will see lots more of them while we are here in Gnosall.
We are staying here for a few days. Tomorrow (Saturday) we are getting the bus to
Newport which is about a 20 minute bus ride, we haven’t been on a bus since about
last September but hopefully it won’t be busy and it will be fine. Monday we will be getting the bus to Stafford
to do a food shop and on Tuesday I am finally having my hair cut so really
looking forward to that.
Then we will be ready to head on. We were just going down the canal to Brewood
then turning around and heading back here to Gnosall for a festival the weekend
of 16
th July to trade in the floating market, but due to the final
step of the Government road map being delayed, the festival has been cancelled
for the second year running, fingers crossed it will be third time lucky next
year, but who knows!
So now we have decided to carry on and do the four counties ring
which will take us through Staffordshire, West Midlands, Shropshire and Cheshire. We haven’t done this ring for some time so
will be nice to visit different places again.
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