Monday morning and we were ready to leave at 8.30 as we know
there are a lot of boats going up and down. CRT had volunteers on each lock to
speed things up which it did and we were quickly through the last 3 locks at
Stone.
We had a really lovely cruise along the Trent & Mersey
and really enjoyed this part of the canal. We soon arrived at 4 locks at Meaford and we
were lucky as 3 of the locks were in our favour so we made good progress
through them.
On through Barlaston which looks like a very nice village so
we may stop there on are way back.
We arrived at Etruria
and filled with water and emptied what needed emptying !!!. We decided to cruise
on up to Westport lake and moored for the night.
Tuesday we had to turn round so a slow cruise up to
Harecastle tunnel topped up with water and turned round.
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| Harecastle Tunnel |
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| Boat exiting Harecastle Tunnel |
We made our way to
Middleport Pottery as we have a tour booked at 2.00 PM but before that we have
an Afternoon Tea for two to enjoy. This is a Birthday present for Sharon from
our friends Roger & Anita. Thank you both we really enjoyed it and the tour
was good also.
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| Afternoon Tea Very Nice Indeed |
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| Bottle Kiln |
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| Manual Lift Used To Load & Unload cargo on To Narrowboats At Middleport Pottery |
After a very enjoyable tour we made our way back to Tacet
and cruised to Etruria to moor for the night.
Time Travelled Monday 7.5 Hrs Distance Travelled 11.5 Miles. 13 Lock
Time Travelled Tuesday 3 Hrs Distance Travelled 6 Miles.
Total Distance Travelled 806 Miles
207 Locks (Broad ) 290 single locks and 18 tunnel's, 10 Massive Lock
Total Tunnel length 10707 yards
Total Time 414.5 hours
Total Time 414.5 hours
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Really glad you had a good afternoon at Middleport pottery, the tea looks wonderful
ReplyDeleteYes a good afternoon the tour was very informative and the tea was superb
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