Friday 2nd June 2023
Last night we had a lovely meet up with Ian and Steph at ‘the Star’. It was good to have a long overdue catch-up over a nice meal and hear their plans for Ian’s pending retirement and their move to Litchfield. We hope it all goes well!
We left our mooring below Star Lock and made our way out of Stone to Aston lock where we found ourselves third in a queue with only room for one boat on the lock landing. Trying to hover between moored boats and the traffic coming out of the lock was fun. All the time, a swan sat on her nest alongside us was busy making the nest build better for her soon to be family.
We passed a moored boat that had faded, peeling and rusty paintwork. A sign in the window declared “I identify as painted!” I suppose it’s cheaper than painting the boat. Ho Ho!
All in all, we had another pleasant sunny day, albeit with a cold wind, meandering down the Trent valley passing through Sandon, Weston and Hoo Mill locks with queues at the first two and meeting Northbound boats at every one – some heading to this weekends Etruria festival. What more could we ask for? (apart from no queues – Ed)
Down to Great Haywood junction where we decided to turn right and see if there were any moorings at Tixall wide rather than continuing on for hours to get away from the railway – hooray, we found a spot which fitted us nicely once we had winded.
G&B
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