Thank you to Chris and Gerry for a wonderful reception, lunch and walk. Chris and Gerry have been stuck in the ice in Great Haywood throughout the cold snap, we were feeling rather sorry for them being stuck in the middle of nowhere.
How wrong could we be what a wonderful place they have the Shrudburry Manor estate on one side and the river Trent on the other. The views are stunning and the walks fantastic, except for the inconvenience of having to walk for the water, diesel, and coal they have fared a lot better than some in the marina's and now the canal has thawed they are mobile again, unlike us who are still iced up. and still having to push a barrow with the coal in.
It was great to get out again (before the price of petrol makes us all house bound ) anyway, being back on the Cut was great it started my itching feet tapping and raring to go, spring can not come quick enough.
Check out the pics and if you are ever passing Great Haywood stop and experience the place very very nice especially the walk over the pack horse bridge and along the river.
Keep smiling we will all be out again soon
Big Al
The Pack Horse Bridge
The Manor House
Long Horns
Noreen and Chris all wrapped up
2 comments:
hi, we met you at Ellesmere in July and bought one of your w cans. just found your blog and have read it entirely. we would love to be boaters sometime in the future-we'll just have to see how life pans out. Thank you for your tollerance with us holiday makers-we had a glorious time. enjoy your permanent holiday,
Catherine and Mark
Catherine
Thanks for your comment
Hope to see you out on the CUT again. keep the dream it took us twenty years now we live the dream.
I insist we give way to holiday boats I live on the canal and have all the time in the world we should ALL enjoy what God has given us.
God Bless
Big Al
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