A short day

We had arranged with Dot & Derek to walk together the half mile to the nearby Great Haywood farm shop in the morning. This is a good place to buy fresh local bread, free range meat and eggs, fresh veg etc. When we got back it was time for coffee and a chat.

We left the mooring at Tixall Wide at 11:30 and carried on north, stopping at Great Haywood Junction to fill up with domestic water. We need to do this every 2-3 days, water points (taps) are provided at frequent intervals alongside the canals.

After passing through Hoo Mill lock the rain stated and as we were getting hungry we stopped for lunch. The rain continued after lunch and as it is about 4 hours journey to Stone where we want to spend tomorrow night we decided not to travel any further today. We had only travelled 3 miles and one lock today, but we have plenty of time.

The first job was to light our solid fuel stove to provide some warmth. Unlike yesterday, when the strong wind repeatedly caused the smoke to be blown out of the stove filling the cabin, today's firelighting was easy.

We are now snug and warm sitting in our reclining chairs reading.