Wednesday 11th September near Swarkestone.
A grey, drizzly start to the day brightened later to a lovely sunny afternoon.
M needed to post some cards, so we went in search of a local postbox. R had looked on an app that informed him that there were no post boxes locally. It lied! There was one just a hundred yards down the road. There was a nice view of MM under the willow trees from the bridge.
As we prepared to set off through Shardlow Lock, another of the boats moored outside the Clock Warehouse, nb "Merryweather", came and joined us. M was interested to know if the owners were Terry Pratchett fans but they said that the boat came with the name when they bought it.
Another "Aston" lock. Its really curious, there is an Aston lock and another "Weston-on-Trent" at this end of the canal, and another Aston and "Weston-on-Trent" next to Stone where we moor. We gather it causes some confusion!
All along the Tent & Mersey Canal are these cast iron mile posts that give the distance to Shardlow at this end of the canal and Preston Brook at the other end. The original ones were cast in Stone and the makers name and location are shown on the post.
We didn't need to travel far today and we moored up in a sunny spot so that M could hang out the washing. And so a quiet afternoon.
Today: 5 miles, 3 locks and 2.4 hours.
Trip: 401 miles 153 locks and 195.7 hours.
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