As you may have noticed, I'm pottering about in a relatively small area while Adrian is away -- but each journey being quite short does pose its problems. The batteries need charging which requires engine running, and I also have various loads of washing to do, which needs the engine and the Travel Power on -- but doesn't charge the batteries. Today I decided to start the washing machine where I was, then when I was ready to go I calculated when it would be finished and I could switch to battery charging.
I set off north again, doing this same section of canal between Hurleston Junction and Barbridge Junction for the third day in a row. Now there are fewer leaves on the trees though, you can see more -- such as the observatory at the end of a garden near Bridge 100.
When I got to Barbridge, I carried straight on.
I'm not sure what the purpose of the 'Welcome to the Shropshire Union Canal' sign is. If you're going by, you're already on it; if you're turning, you're leaving the mainline and going onto the Middlewich Branch; and if you're coming off the Middlewich, it'll be behind you and you won't see it. Maybe it's mostly for drivers on the A51.
I might have stopped for water at Calveley Services, but there were already two boats there, so I carried on. I continued to the winding hole above Bunbury Locks, turned around, and headed back to the moorings by Bridge 104.
Right next to the boat is a gate and a footpath across the fields.
I decided to treat myself to lunch at the cafe at the cheese shop, so walked over the bridge. By there is a new barn conversion which looks rather smart.
After you cross the canal, there's another bridge over the railway line, and there are also new houses there.
Lunch at the cafe was ok, but quite expensive. I was out of cheese, so I bought some in the shop there; I worked out that it's actually cheaper to buy the smaller packs rather than the large ones, even before their '4 for £7' offer is applied. This afternoon, I've been working on another podcast episode. I've also had the fire going in the hopes of drying today's wash load of bedding so I can get the towels done tomorrow.
2 comments:
You are a bit like me, I would rather go to the junction and come back to charge the batteries than sit tied up with the engine running
Absolutely — I’d much rather be moving, even if it’s only a pointless potter!
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