Stayed on moored up outside Rugeley, rain rain rain. I decided to do some cooking for the freezer, made a huge amount of curry using Turkey thigh.
Very underrated meat, Morrisons sell a huge leg and thigh for around 4 quid and the meat makes amazing curry. I love being on the boat when its pouring down, soooo cozy. So I worked on the food and Trev worked on the beers at the Wetherspoons. He took a picture and said another example of Spoons saving an old Cinema which probably would have been demolished had they not bought it.
Thursday 22nd
Set off, not too much rain. Stopped near a village called Great Hayward to top up with water, and got rid of some rubbish. Moved on to a part of the canal that is called Tixal wide, apparently the big house that overlooked the canal decided that they wanted a better view so widened the canal to look like a river or lake......ok for some hey!
Its a lovely mooring other than the public footpath along the side. Lots of ducks, swans and canadian geese families with sooooo cute little babies. We have deicded to stay here till next Wednesday.
Friday 23rd
Found a nice but expensive (as they always are) farm shop with a butcher, bakery and deli.
Trev found a pub!!!!!! I made some sushi, need a bit of practice me thinks!!
Although I will say these were the left overs, the sushi was not too bad at all.
Saturday 24th
We decided to get the bus to Stafford, a town near by. Not a bad place, a kind of mixture of Chester and a more modern town. The rain continued to pour down.
Sunday 25th
Stayed put, very busy with boats and people enjoyed the bank holiday weekend despite the weather!!!
Monday 25th
Had a walk along the canal to Little Haywood, we had tea and a scone at a sort of restaurant beside the canal. The scones cost 2.50 and were stale stale stale............It took all my willpower to tell them what I thought of their offerings, but I refrained. Trev hardly touched his.
We then walked through the village to Gt. Hayward, stopping on the way for a pint as usual. The pub was called The Red Lion and his beer was - a good one according to Trev. A short walk between the two Haywards and we stopped for a drink at the Clifford Arms in the village (can you see the theme running through this blog!) then made our way back to Merlot via the farm shop.
Trev snoring in the cratch area, fast asleep after the mini pub crawl He! He!
Tuesday 26th
Trev doing some work, finishing off the kitchen floor so I decided to walk into the village to buy fresh fish from a fish shop that opens on Tue and Fridays. When I got there it was closed!!!! Very annoying, anyway I had a good walk.
Tomorrow we are getting the bus to Uttoxeter, to see what we can find.
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