Ashby Boat Co. Stoke Golding

We hadn't been able to have a proper supermarket shop for weeks so knowing we'd be passing the canalside car park at Sutton Wharf, we ordered a ridiculous amount of food to be delivered there from Sainsburys, with a little note to the driver that we were on a boat. We made good time and 10 minutes after mooring up, the driver called Vicky to check exactly where we were. What a relief!

With sub zero nights forecast we wanted to make sure we were moored somewhere good in case we were iced in. We were also running low on diesel so after picking up the shopping we carried on to just before the Ashby Boat Company near Stoke Golding and the wonderful Spinneybank Farm Shop.

As it happened there was only a thin layer of ice on the water the following morning but we were glad to be there anyway. Will made several trips to the George and Dragon for their delicious Scotch Eggs and Sausage Rolls, not to mention their long list of draught ales! We'd held off on the fruit and veg from Sainsburys so we could shop at Spinneybank for these, their own meat and naughty cherry flapjacks 😋 Not surprisingly we ended up staying a few more days than planned!

We set off on Tuesday and filled the diesel tank at Ashby Boat Company, where the owner had previously done us a favour by picking us up a stove fan from Lidl.Leer más