Woodley

Romily Visitor Moorings had been a little busy and the Aldi lorries loading stock at night kept Leo on edge. We'd decided to trundle on a little way to find somewhere quieter, but first we needed to locate and retrieve Mr Whiskers! The sun was out, the day warm and he'd wandered off a short distance to chill. We both went out armed with lickilicks, dreamies and the tracker apps on our mobiles! We called and called with no response. Down the bank in the housing estate, Will ended up knocking on someone's door to ask if he might be able to check their back garden. The homeowner was really helpful, coming out to search with him. It was her that eventually spotted the lazy rascal curled in a nest of tall grass just behind the garden. He tolerated Will scooping him up and trudging back to Rainboat with him. Will was pretty tired by this point but we only planned to go a short way so he set off on board while Vicky took the dogs along the towpath in the chair.

We found a quiet place on a wooded embankment near Woodley that all of us were happy with. Will fished and even took Leo for a trip in Little Rainboat. Leo was a bit nervous to begin with but we'd put a bed in a shallow tub trug and sitting in there his confidence quickly grew. He ended up loving the experience and all the attention he got from people on the towpath who spotted him!

Another thing Leo loved was the Woodley and Bredbury Community Garden about 100m in front of our mooring spot. It was just a small area, supposedly created by a few locals without much funding, but it was a peaceful place to explore and contained a large mural of a Garden Tiger Moth made from plastic bottle tops. Apparently it is one of a trail of ten pollinator murals accross Stockport. A 'Community Benefit Society' called Plastic Shed designs and puts them up to draw attention to plastic waste and nature's plight. You can see more info here: https://www.plasticshed.org/

Sunday May 3rd was International Dawn Chorus Day. Vicky didn't make it up in time to listen at dawn but the birds were still singing away happily at 06:30 🐦‍⬛Meer informatie