6.10.19
Getting used to beds that are 40cm wide, hot water that is dependable only when the engine is going and corridors passable by only one person, took a bit of adjustment on our first night.
But we woke up eager to get on the way for our first full day of canalling.
It was a beautiful sunny morning!
This picturesque pub called ‘The Star’, is one of the oldest on the whole canal system. It boasts a mention in the Guiness Book of Records for not having any 2 rooms on the one level!
We continued motoring on down the Trent and Mersey, through peaceful, picturesque rural countryside, the occasional lock and a swan keeping us company.
When not steering, working the locks, taking pics or making the morning cuppa, our main job was to find the next pub stop. Today’s took us off the canal and cross country.
Thanks for the pic Jen! We look like happy wanderers!
Our pub of choice for lunch was ‘The Woolpack’ in the little village of Weston, and being the Sabbath, the Sunday roast was the Plat du Jour. Absolutely delicious!
We left reluctantly, but not before enjoying two sticky date puddings with four spoons. Yum!
It was no time before we reached our first junction, leaving the Trent and Mersey Canal to join the Staffordshire and Worcestershire Canal at Great Haywood.
In 2004 we travelled the same canal route with friends Dan, Sue, Anne and Brian. On that trip we were disappointed not to have visited Shugborough Hall, a grand country residence right at the junction. So we were busy scanning the countryside this time, determined to find it!
That’s it!
No it wasn’t! Unfortunately we were looking on the wrong side of the canal!
This is it! Thanks google.
And we missed it again!
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