No rush to get away today as no locks to queue for although we did wait for two boats to come through before we could follow a hire boat through Tilstock Park Lift Bridge.
Looking across the fields I spotted this giant tree stump, I can only imagine the size of the tree before it was felled. The round bail feeder gives a bit of scale of it.
A little later there was this large bracket fungi growing on an offside tree, I think it was just before the lift bridge.
Once when we were this way a large lorry had tried to cross this bridge, well he had crossed it but getting round the bend to exit it he ended up with one wheel in mid air as he grounded out. The point of the photo is I have never seen stop plank storage like this before where the chamber goes right through the bridge, I have only ever seen them with access from one side.
At Whixall Moss Junction we turned left to go down the Prees Branch. The farm on the junction has several old covered railway wagons in their yard by a large barn, in the barn there is a display of road signs. Best not to ask where they come from.
We winded at Whixall Marina which is the end of navigation and then stopped between the two lift bridges for lunch. After lunch we set off again crossing the boarder into Wales for a short time. The No Mooring sign looks to be right on the boarder.
Sitting on the bank at Bettisfield is a peddle powered craft with an interesting looking prop. I wonder if its a hand made one off.
Then it’s back into England re-crossing the boarder, we stopped for a while at Hampton Bank to visit friends before moving on to moor at bridge 51 with a view to walking to The Sun pub for dinner.
Todays Journey9¾ miles, 0 Locks in 4¾ hours
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