Wednesday 3rd November 2021 at Great Haywood.
After the rain last night, which forced M to bring the washing in, we wanted to get to Great Haywood quickly as sun was forecast and M was keen to have the maximum time for the washing to dry.
Unfortunately that meant leaving in the rain, which persisted all the way to Great Haywood. So R got wet again. Fortunately, as we arrived at Great Haywood, so did the sun - M put out the washing and then treated R (and herself) to second breakfast at the Canalside Café. Brilliant!
After breakfast, we walked down to the Post Office in Great Haywood and back via Little Haywood Lock. The railway bridge framed the village street.
"Essex Bridge" was built in the sixteenth century across the River Trent. A romantic legend says that it was built by the Earl of Essex to allow Queen Elizabeth I to visit him without getting her feet wet crossing the ford. Slightly more substantial than putting your cloak over a puddle?
Just above the bridge is the confluence of the River Sow, on the left, and the Trent on the right. It was here that there used to be a ford before the bridge was built.
The famous and much photographed finger post at the junction of the Trent & Mersey Canal and the Staffs & Worcs Canal.
We had moored up just next to the junction and, after visiting the Canalside Café (yet again but this time for tea and cake!), we watched the sun set. It gets dark so early that it feels like it is late in the evening but it is actually still very early. Confusing!
Today: 4 miles, 2 locks and 2.4 hours.
Trip: 582 miles, 287 locks and 285.9 hours.
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