Taking Flight
5月30日, イングランド ⋅ ☁️ 16 °COur overnight stop was very peaceful with just the sound of the birds and cows nearby. After casting off this morning we had a bit of a stretch before our first lock of the day. Edward of courseもっと詳しく
Our overnight stop was very peaceful with just the sound of the birds and cows nearby. After casting off this morning we had a bit of a stretch before our first lock of the day. Edward of courseもっと詳しく
Our big holiday adventure for the year brings us back to the water and a week long trip down the Trent and Mersey. We arrived at the hire base after lunch, just as the cleaner had finished gettingもっと詳しく
Potteries, potteries, potteries. We made it to the land of potteries - Moorcroft, Portmeirion, Wedgewood and our new favourite - Emma Bridgewater.
You can’t come to this part of England and notもっと詳しく
This morning we had a steady stream of boats passing us heading north and only one heading south. This included a couple of fairly large ‘working boats’, old historic boats with large cargo holdsもっと詳しく
Big sleep in after our long drive yesterday. Once we got going we drove to Cheadle to do a bit of shopping. While there we had a look at a church which is known as Pugin's Gem. Pugin is an architectもっと詳しく
Had a few dramas returning our hire car but won't bore you! Happily set out for Bakewell after leaving Derby and we were planning on having a famous Bakewell Tart. Sadly, when we realised they wereもっと詳しく
Another big sleep in as we are still finding it hard to keep up the pace. We are trying to slow it all down a bit. Around lunch time we drove to the market town of Uttoxeter. There was a market in theもっと詳しく
Our day out today was a trip to Leek and around the Peak District
Leek is a Market town that is interesting without being particularly exciting. Most of the buildings date from the 17th and 18thもっと詳しく
Fantastic day today. We walked about a mile down the valley to Croxden Abbey and joined an open garden route around the tiny little hamlets of Great Gate and Croxden. We paid at St Giles church whereもっと詳しく
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Staffordshire Moorlands
旅行者 Hope you didn’t get wet today.
旅行者 Sounds like a tiring day.
旅行者 How lovely to see Edward wanting to be so involved and great to see that he wanted to do some writing. Enjoy your last full day of cruising.