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Thursday morning and we set off from Stone to Great Haywood marina as sadly we have to say goodbye to Justin and Hudson it has been a fantastic few days with them and Hudson has as always been a star. Hudson on the way back helped with some locks by pushing the gates and helping his granddad when he found them a bit difficult.

We arrived at the marina mid afternoon and got ready to see Justin and Hudson off. We said a tearful farewell to them both and look forward to them visiting us again soon.

Whilst at th Marina we caught up with the washing and one or two other jobs that needed doing Friday we set off towards Penkridge and made slow progress as there was lots of boats about today we saw some really lovely scenery.

Not sure what this is at Tixall

Mike holding the gates closed

 As we went under the M6 Mike and Karel on Jessie May broke down but after changing a fuel filter the boat started and we carried on to Penkridge.
Saturday is market day so we stayed put for the day and had a walk around the town and market, very good market it is to.
We enjoyed a meal at the Boat pub Saturday night with Mike & Karel.
Sunday we woke to lovely sunshine and headed off after winding.
A wonderful days cruise until poor old Mike & Karel broke down again, so RCT were called and a repair was quickly made. We decided to stay put for the day as time was getting on.

Monday we were up early and headed off towards Great Haywood Junction where we will say goodbye to Mike & karel as they will be heading back to thier moorings. We will be seeing them again soon as they will be delivering a seat for the back of Tacet to us.

Monday afternoon Roger and Annie are visiting us. So we have arranged to pick them up at Gt Haywood. We welcomed Roger and Annie aboard and cruised off to Tixall wide for the afternoon the sun was shining and we had afternoon tea and scones and cream.

Annie & Roger Enjoying Cream Teas

We returned to Great Haywood Marina as we are mooring there for the evening. We all went out for a meal Monday Evening and very nice it was to.
Tuesday we said our goodbyes to Annie & Roger as they were heading off in there camper van to the Peak Forest.

Me Sharon, Annie & Roger

After saying goodbye we untied and headed for Stone again as we are going to have Tacet serviced then cruise onto Middleport Potteries as Sharon has an afternoon Birthday treat to collect after we have had a tour around the pottery..
So it's been a few days of saying Hello's and goodbyes, it has been great to see everyone. We are hoping we will get more visitors soon.

Time Travelled Thursday 4.5 Hrs  Distance Travelled  9.5 Miles. 4 Lock

Time Travelled Friday 9 Hrs Distance Travelled 10.5 miles 5 Locks.

Time Travelled Sunday 3 Hrs Distance 5 Miles 5 locks

Time Travelled Monday 6 Hrs Distance 10.5 Miles 4 Locks

Total Distance Travelled 788.5 Miles 

207 Locks (Broad ) 273 single locks and 18 tunnel's, 10 Massive Lock

Total Tunnel length 10707 yards   
Total Time 403.5 hours  

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