I put pontoon/jetty in the last paragraph as Richard and I have a
difference of opinion as to what it should be called! I am talking about a wooden structure that is
put in the water for boats to moor up to.
The Oxford Dictionary says the meaning of pontoon (me) is
A flat-bottomed boat or hollow metal cylinder used with others to
support a temporary bridge or floating landing stage.
And jetty (Richard) as being
A landing stage or small pier at which boats can dock or be moored.
Damn – Richard is right!
We stopped briefly at Shackerstone Aqueduct to see what was
underneath! It is the River Sence. The
river rises on Bardon Hill and travels about 12 miles before joining the River
Anker at Mythe. On doing my research I
came across a couple of villages which I would just love to live in! Sheepy Magna (Great Sheepy) and Sheepy Parva
(Little Sheepy)!
Richard was hailed by one of my blog readers this morning –
Beaujolais. Sorry I missed you, but I
was busy writing this post!
There was a spot on the jetty, so we moored up and walked along to the
café for lunch – just a panini with a
sneaky bowl of chips! It was very hot
but we were sitting under an umbrella.
We walked back to the boat and found it really hot – 34°. Last time we were there it was in August and
all the leaves were on the trees which kept the boat cool. Sadly, we decided to move on and see if we
could find a mooring on the right side of the canal where is would be shady. We found a nice one and moored up – the
trouble was we weren’t far from a bridge which carries a fairly busy road and
almost every car hooted at least once as they approached it!! We realised that we couldn’t cope with that
so moved on to just before Stoke Golding visitors moorings which were in the
sun.
We spent a very pleasant early evening sitting on the towpath – I
didn’t need to cook as we were still full from lunchtime.
9.85 miles
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