Off to the shops then - and looking at the list it seems we need quite a bit of heavy stuff (bottles, cans etc!). So I'm wondering idly if we can get a shopping trolley when we come across a great old-fashioned hardware store - the type that sells everything you need and a lot of things you didn't know you needed. And there it is - a black "bag on wheels" that folds up into a little bag no larger than a sheet of A4. Only £6.99. We head to the Co-op and head to the checkout with our laden trolley - will our "little" bag cope? Oh yes! Beer, Coke, tonic, plus a pile of lighter stuff so it doesn't feel put upon - and off we trundle. I'm so impressed I go back to the hardware store and buy another one.
I really like Stone - it's a bustling, friendly little place with loads of independent shops and character in spades. It really values its connection with the canal and the Welcome sign describes it as "the birthplace of the Trent & Mersey canal". What does this mean we wonder? - is this where they started digging? Will have to research further.
A boat on the road? Surely not
No - all part of Stone in Bloom
Back at the boat, the rain is bucketing down and it's not long before our "let's have lunch and move off" becomes "let's just stay here". Plenty of others have the same idea it seems - there's not a free mooring to be seen.
4 miles, 8 locks
Wildlife: nothing of note, but as a postscript to yesterday - we were visited for supper by this lot
- a pair of swans and their 9 cygnets
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