Missed blogging yesterday as we had an exhausting day cruising a whole 6 hours!!
Probably the best day yet weather-wise; we found an excellent farm shop by Bridge 23 near Stoke Golding (Spinney Bank); had a great lunch at the Sutton Cheney Wharf cafe; moored eventually at Market Bosworth after battling some near gale-force winds. Steak for dinner from the farm shop - superb.
Today we took the 1-mile uphill walk into MB to replenish supplies. The 1-mile downhill walk back wasn't much better as the bag on wheels threw a hissy fit and decided to redistribute its load so that it was dragging on the ground. We now have a bag on wheels with a hole - but it'll probably still do for logs.
Set off at 12.30 for Shackerstone which took all of 90 minutes. Dead calm for once - the canal was like a millpond and the sun even put in a couple of appearances. Saw our first kingfisher this trip! The autumn colours are beautiful and the hedgerows are positively groaning with berries - if the old wives are to be believed it will be a very hard winter.
Spent the afternoon doing some cleaning and tidying as we will have company tomorrow - our friend Ann is joining us for a trip to the source of the Nile (OK, the end of the Ashby Canal) and back, followed by dinner at the Rising Sun here in Shackerstone.
Tonight's mooring - "The One before the Bridge" (not much imagination there...)
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