Retirement with No Problem

Great Haywood to Milford Bridge, Staffordshire & Worcester Canal, 2.5 miles 1 lock

I thought we would never leave Great Haywood!

But here we all are pulling the pins on Sunday.. well I had been watching for a moment to move because we needed water.  There are two water points here at the junction with the Staffs & Worcs Canal, and they were both busy from 9am!

I calculated one boat about to move around lunchtime and timed my run to it almost to perfection, except another narrowboat was coming in the opposite direction and seeing me about to pull in decided to go in speed boat mode to beat me to it!.. Fine, except that now I would have to ‘park’ on the end and have my stern sticking out over the ‘t junction’ of canals!.. The mooring I had come from had already been taken!..

Was no bother really, just I didn’t want to inconvenience others, but it wasn’t long till one boat moved and we could get onto one of the water points.

We had taken diesel onboard the day before from Jubilee..

We cruised past Tixall wide and through Tixall Lock yesterday to spend the evening there, then today we moved just a half mile to Milford Bridge for Tim and Lisa Salt of Staffordshire Canopies to finish fitting… Pics of that and a more detailed blog later..

The girls are really enjoying life on the cut, and are quite happily sharing the chores aboard..

Here they are washing up after lunch today.  We had a bbq this evening with homemade beefburgers and good ‘ol bangers with potatoes in their jackets and beans.. well what else with banger and burgers!..

After tea it was fun time with Lucy.. and me and the girls took a long walk along the towpath, but there was great entertainment to be had.. Lucy was up for a good swim tonight, so here is a series of pics..

Ha, a soaking here for the girls, as Lucy gives them an early bath!

A really great day today.. I am shattered and the girls were almost asleep before they hit the pillow this evening!