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| Our mooring spot for tonight |
After a further trip up to the Escape in May to do "jobs" : bits of rust treatment, painting and re-varnishing, we are setting out for our first visit to the River Weaver. We were supposed to be meeting fellow members of the Cotswold Canal Cruising club ( do not attempt after a couple of pints of Banks'). Unfortunately NB Time Out has not joined us yet due to engine trouble. We hope they will have caught up by the time we reach the Weaver. Meanwhile we are enjoying a fairly laid back meander up the Trent and Mersey canal through familiar places. We are moored currently near The Plume of Feathers at Barlaston, Staffordshire, although we haven't availed ourselves of its selection of beers tonight. 10 pm now and only just starting to get dark. Nearly midsummer and we've only had about 7 days of summer weather so far, after the coldest spring for fifty years. So it is good to see the flies swarming and the fish jumping and the cygnets , goslings and ducklings thriving. We haven't done much river work before and kitted out with our shiny new anchor, WHICH WE HOPE TO HAVE NO OCCASION TO USE, we are expecting to learn from our more experienced fellow travelers.
Glad you're able to get out at last, Mo. Welcome to the anchor club! We didn't have one for our tiptoe onto the Weaver last June, but we were only going from the Lift to Northwich and back. Now we're venturing onto the Severn and the Avon, we took the plunge (and, like you, hope that it won't have to!).
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