All the tea pots at Woodend lock have now gone, I read that someone had replaced them all. Its also good to see how well the young trees set by HS2 are growing, unlike lots planted on the A14.
We were ready to go and it started raining, as we are in no great rush we waited until it stopped sometime after 11am. but it didn’t stop for long and the brolly was up and down all day, some light showers some heavy.
The towpath between here and Bridge 54 has been resurfaced with compressed ballast on top of a membrane. They are bringing the material in by boat from a large heap stored opposite the Plum Pudding pub at Spode.
The last time we came through Spode this boat was on fire, it looks as if its not a total loss but still heart breaking for the owners who also lost their dogs.
We made our way into Rugeley, this mother duck was taking great care of her youngsters, but one had gone AWL and dad was bringing it back. We have seen several ducks with just one or two ducklings .
There were a few places to moor in Rugeley but not many and a lot of boats moored to the north of the town, the same was true at Taft Bridge, I have never seen so many boats there. As usual Naomi’s Landing have a good display of manikins to brighten a wet day.
A little further on at the approach to the aqueduct there use to be a sign about the Bloody Steps and the death of Christine Collins, for some reason CRT have decided to change it to a notice about the aqueduct, maybe murder on the canal doesn’t fit in with wellbeing by water.
Our mooring for the night was to be between Colwich Lock and Gt Haywood lock, I did consider going into Gt Haywood but having seen how full popular moorings are I thought it may not be the best idea. At Colwich we struck lucky, no queue and about about to come down, By the time they left the lock there were three boats queuing behind us. On our way to moor we passed this boat and I just had to photograph it
Today’s Journey
11¼ miles, 1 lock in 4¼ hours
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