I was in two minds whether
to have a cruise or not on Thursday. My
children had given me some independent restaurant meal vouchers for my birthday
so I based my decision on whether the pub we are moored by takes them or
not. It turned out that they didn’t, so
that meant Buddy and I would take a cruise.
Probably the best decision as the towpath is so muddy at Huddlesford
that it’s making Karen’s walk to the car really tricky in the morning and
evening especially in the dark.
By the time we got going
three of the other six boats we were moored with had already set off so maybe
we all had the same idea. We stopped at
Whittington to get some milk; a village Karen and I like as it doesn’t seem to
have a ‘rat run’ road through it.
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| Moored for our walk into Whittington |
As we neared Hopwas woods
we had to avoid two rather large tree trunks.
They were too heavy for me to drag them out of harm's way so I had to leave
them in the water,
We carried on another few
miles and moored up for lunch in Hopwas.
We have always thought that Hopwas looked a good place to stop – another
quiet village with good looking pubs.
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| The Tame Otter in Hopwas |
I was quite surprised when
Buddy and I walked around as it has a main road running right through it. Also we couldn’t find any sensible places to
leave the car so Hopwas has been crossed off our list of places to tie up for a
while.
When we first left
Huddlesford in the morning we passed the junction with the old Wyrley & Essington canal.
This used to run right
down to join the Birmingham Canal Navigations in Brownhils but was abandoned in
the 1950s and this little section is used for moorings. The canal is being restored though and will
be called the Lichfield canal. Those of
you who use the M6 toll road may have noticed an iron bridge crossing it that is not going
anywhere. It has a sign by it telling
you it is the Lichfield canal aqueduct.
One day the restorers will join the canal up to both ends.
We stopped at Fazeley
junction for boat services and then moved the boat over to the towpath side and
moored for the day.
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| Moored at Fazeley junction opposite the boat services on the right |
We will probably stay here
for a few days as the towpath is not muddy and Karen can park the car at the
end of this alleyway that leads from the estate up to the canal where our boat is moored at the end!
Karen is really enjoying
her contract and has now got agreement that she can WFB on Fridays which is
brilliant news.
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