Tuesday 15 September 2015

Leaving Stone At Last & Middleport Pottery

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. 

Harecastle Tunnel

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.
Afternoon Tea Very Nice Indeed


Bottle Kiln


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  

We Are Loving It so Much



2 comments:

  1. Really glad you had a good afternoon at Middleport pottery, the tea looks wonderful

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  2. Yes a good afternoon the tour was very informative and the tea was superb

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