Thursday dawned really
misty and any early boats that went past us had their headlights on. We were in a gaggle of eight boats moored
together last night at Kings Bromley. It’s
a good quiet spot with Armco to moor against and a couple of places to park a
car in the lane. By 9.30 all the boats
had left apart from us and it was back to how we’ve always remembered this spot
when cruising past – empty and peaceful.
Buddy and I had a longish
walk in the morning and then had lunch before setting off for Rugeley. A nice easy cruise with no locks. The willows at this time of year hang right
into the water and this was especially noticeable as we went through Handsacre.
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| Can’t really see ahead here |
I remembered that there
are quite a few blind spots on this section which is usually OK as Karen would
normally go ahead. There is one long
narrow section where you have to send a crew member on ahead to stop any boats
coming the other way but I couldn’t make Buddy understand. I did moor up and walk down to have a look
and set off as it looked all clear.
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| Narrow section that used to be a tunnel before it started collapsing and it was removed completely |
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| This modern road bridge creates a real blind spot but again, no one was coming the other way. Well, they were but as I was in there first they reversed out. |
At one particular blind
bend some helpful fishermen waved that it was all clear and I took it on myself
to trust them. Soon, the familiar sight
of Rugeley power station came into view and I knew we were nearly there.
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| Rugeley power station |
We moored in our usual
spot at Rugeley – right next to Tesco and then went for a walk to find where
Karen could leave the car for the night.
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| Usual mooring spot at Rugeley |
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