Wonderful weather

We left Etruria on Wednesday morning with the prospect of some heavy rain today but the clouds cleared and the sun came out. We had a really lovely day and we soon arrived at the Meaford 4 locks and at the top lock we found we were number 5 in line for the locks.

 However everyone worked well and a really good rhythm was settled in to by everyone and with only 3 boats coming up we were all through in a couple of hours. We then cruised on to moor at the top of the 4 locks in Stone for the night.

Nice & Twisty Canal

Busy On The Cut

Thursday we woke to blue skies and light clouds and set off for the days cruise to Great Haywood. We were second in line for the locks and we were soon through them. We then had a really fantastic days cruising through the lovely country side. When we arrived at lock 24 Weston Lock we saw narrowboat Dragonfly which is a shared ownership boat from Carefree Cruising which we had shares in up until just before we brought Tacet. It was lovely to see her looking so good

 We had a quick chat with Di and John who were on board Dragonfly.

Tacet & Dragonfly

A Really Ornate Bridge

Then we carried on and through Great Haywood and moored in lovely country side near to Shugborough Hall for the night. The sun was shining as we moored up a lovely end to a lovely day.

After a very enjoyable tour we made our way back to Tacet and cruised to Etruria to moor for the night.

Friday we are making for Fradley Junction

Time Travelled Wednesday 5 Hrs  Distance Travelled 8.5 Miles. 10 Locks

Time Travelled  Thursday 5.5 Hrs Distance Travelled 9 Miles. 9 Locks

Total Distance Travelled 822.5 Miles 

207 Locks (Broad ) 309 single locks and 18 tunnel's, 10 Massive Lock

Total Tunnel length 10707 yards   
Total Time 425 hours  

We Are Loving It so Much