Time to stock up on Olllie and Hoobe food and with a choice of canal side Tesco and Morrisons everyone is happy.
The canal takes a sharp left here....
and we head for the bank - oh the joys of being deep drafted on a shallow bend!!!
Sokai glides round no problem!!!!
We meander through lovely countryside , the course of the River Trent never far away.
Very soon we see Shugborough Hall in the distance and we arrive at Great Haywood.
Wednesday brings the parting of the ways. Dave and Beryl are taking a left onto the Staffs and Worcs to meet their son and do a spot of bottom blacking at Norbury Junction. We have been travelling together since the beginning of June. Thanks guys we have shared locks, info ( Ollie is now on Dr Johns dogfood and we are brave enough to have the washing machine going while cruising), several meals and boozy evenings. We will miss you. Hopefully we will meet up again in the future.
We go off to explore the village of Great Haywood
and savour one of the finest examples of a packhorse bridge imaginable.
We spend the rest of the day at Shrugborogh Hall and Historic Estate.
Georgian Farm and Mill
Gardens and Monuments
This one is the Tower of Winds which was used as a gambling den in days gone by.
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