THURSDAY 3RD TO SUNDAY 6TH MAY
2012
Rain again, but we had
made the decision to move on. The ten day forecast suggested that buying a
couple more bags of coal would be prudent and we picked these up at Alvecote on
the way to the Glascote lock, at the locks we met up again with Peter and
Barbara of N.B. Barbara Jane, they were only out for a few weeks, disappointed
and fed up with the cold and had decided to turn round and return to their
marina and who can blame them.
We kept going through
the Fazeley Junction and stopped at the pretty village of Hopwas. Determined to
have a drink in the pub we wandered into the smart and very busy Tame Otter,
but Duggie wasn’t welcome, the other side of the road bridge was the Red Lion,
were Duggie was most welcome, this pub didn’t have the style of the Otter but
was relaxing.
On Friday morning I
walked the pooch which was made all the more enjoyable by a chat with a bird
watcher, who turned out to be very normal and John and Margaret of N.B. Sammy
Jo, who stopped their boat to talk and remind me that we had met at Tattenhall
Marina in June in 2010. When I arrived back at SKYY there was an Email from
Janet of N.B. Parsons Passage asking if we could meet up whilst they were out
cruising over the bank holiday weekend. Having arranged a meet up at
Huddlesford on Saturday evening, we caught the bus from Hopwas to Lichfield and
enjoyed a few hours wandering the attractive streets and visiting the cathedral
of this diminutive city.
One hour of pleasantly
dry, but cold cruising on Saturday morning brought us to The Plough at
Huddlesford. Fortunately the latest copy of Towpath Talk informed me that this
pub has only just reopened, good timing, not that we were planning to eat
there, just a drink together before Janet cooked dinner on their boat. Peter,
a butcher brought with him four lovely steaks, provided by their local doctor,
a little worrying, invoking thoughts of Sweeney Todd, but I knew better than to
ask awkward questions however Peter assured me that this was a doctor turned
farmer, specialising in Short Horn cattle; the steak and the company made for a
very enjoyable evening.
We said farewell on
Sunday morning and pushed on through the pretty, but busy Fradley Junction onto
the Trent and Mersey Canal, making the most of this relatively warm and sunny Bank
Holiday Sunday. Jacquie took the helm for a while and just before our fifth
lock we moored at Alrewas, saying Hi to Steve of Wayward Spinner who was also
moored nearby. We shall stay here for a few days, enjoying the walks around this
pretty village and taking the opportunity of returning by bus to Lichfield.
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