A Weekend Away for M.

Saturday 27th to Monday 29th June, 2015 in Nantwich.
M went home for the weekend, primarily to attend the choir's summer barbecue but also to do "useful tasks" such as picking up the post at home.
R's "useful tasks" were centred around some maintenance jobs on MM including polishing and then lacquering the brass fittings; but he also managed to relax a bit and look around Nantwich, which has some beautiful buildings like these 1870 Alms Houses with beautifully tended gardens.

He photographed the very worn "mounting block" on the High Street - two years ago, when we were here with Jamie and Alex on MM, we took a picture of Alex standing on the block.

R also visited the excellent bookshop in the centre of Nantwich, which includes a coffee shop. The building was built in 1583 and upstairs there are lovely oak-panelled rooms with comfy leather wing-back chairs. Perfect!

Meanwhile, the weather at the choir barbecue was bizarre! The days either side were sunny and dry but for much of the barbecue the wind swept across Hartswood playing fields and the rain fell in buckets!

M arrived back in Nantwich after a seven hour journey including one bus and four trains! Anticipating that M would want a "few bits", R had already gone shopping at the M&S food store and carted the result back to the boat and stocked up the fridge. He was awarded LOTS of Brownie points for that and a restorative coffee at Costa! M was delighted (and impressed) that he had managed to get almost every item she needed - but still managed to buy another two bags full on the way back to MM!
R had moved MM from one set of moorings to another on the other side of the aqueduct to comply with the maximum mooring restriction of 48 hours (not that many other boaters seemed to bother). The aqueduct is a handsome structure indeed.

A rather grumpy wooden dog watched the passing boats with its beady eyes.

Another Kingsground boat, nb "Nomadic Starr", was also moored there; we saw her once before on the Llangollen Canal in 2010.
Four days Power: 8.6 hours.
Trip: 68 miles, 44 locks and 47.2 hours.