Now that is some exposed beam!
Saturday, July 29, 2006
hair salon at Alrewas
Wonderful village beside the canal, full of very old buildings - unfortunately the day we were there it was also full of Telephone Engineers installing new cable, so the views were limited
oops
And then the balloon and crew vanish into the tree ( or a field of wheat in this case). I bet the farmer wasn't too pleased.
just a bit more gas
Some times things just do not go right - and youhear the gas burner roaring away.
Coming up
We have seen a lot of these during the calm summer evenings - sometimes all does not go well however.
This is take off.
This is take off.
Saturday, July 22, 2006
Old Barn-Shardlow
A typical Shardlow building, but not related to the canal. Note the holes in the brickwork, possibily a dovecote?
The Storm!
And then the heavens opened! luckily we were securely moored up before the thunderstorm arrived, and had completed our walk around the village.
Waterpipe detail-Shardlow
Shardlow was a very important canal centre with many preserved buildings from the era of the canals.
Wildlife
The hot sun has meant the wildlife is hatching all the time, a great variety of Damsel flies, and such like, as well as the water teeming with fish.
Trent_Derwent_Trent&Mersey Canal
A crossroads between two rivers and our canal is just below this lock.
Sawley lock
The entrance to the Canal - luckily it was all controlled by a push button panel, so no gate to shove!
Soar-Trent Junction
The last time we did this junction it was so wet we couldn't see where we were going. this time it was glorious sunshine, and we saw the labels pointing up the Trent and the North, the Erewash canal, and the Trent and Mersey
Staircase-Foxton
A few days into the 'Great Trip'. A typical busy day at Foxton flight. Note that we waited until early the next morning when it was more peaceful!
Monday, June 12, 2006
Peace - perfect peace
This is what retirement is all about, relaxing planning the grand holiday cruise.
Thursday, October 06, 2005
kingfisher facing right
Nearly our last breakfast, and this beautiful bird perched outside our window - a perfect end to a glorious holiday.
Monday, October 03, 2005
Double Rainbow at Polesworth
This rainbow was a complete arc with just the hint of a second one outside it.
Now we are in to October the days are definitely less warm, although we have not lit the stove yet.
Moored at Ansty tonight, with only Rugby (Tescos) Braunston and then back up to Crick to go.
Now we are in to October the days are definitely less warm, although we have not lit the stove yet.
Moored at Ansty tonight, with only Rugby (Tescos) Braunston and then back up to Crick to go.
Learners through Rugeley
Coming in to Rugeley to go shopping we met a train of barges being towed by a tug and had to make way for them. Later when moored the remainder of the barges appeared and got in to a pickle trying to avoid moored boats, a boat coming head on at them and the wall! It was interesting watching them extricate themselves. I'm glad we met them all where we did and not at a lock.
Great Haywood Bridge under smoke
Back at Great Haywood we were surrounded by activity, with working boats making their presence felt (heard), there was no mistaking the thump thump thump of the engine making all this smoke.
Danger man at work
Almost the only queue of the trip, with five boats waiting to go down the lock. It is getting noticeably quieter now, with fewer hire boats out.
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