Brewood

Bit breezy when we left the mooring at Autherly around 10 this morning.We never got up till 8.30 just shows how tired we both were. It was so nice to be back in rural surroundings again. We had been warned there were a few narrow bits and luckily these were marked in the Pearsons guide, we had also been told about the way some of the moorings other than the designated ones bang you up against the underwater rocks and as we were travelling along it was obvious that you had to be careful when mooring up. No just pulling over against the armco. We did pass a 48hr BW mooring with rings, quite a long stretch between bridges 7 & 8.

This was something else we passed suppose we aren't too far from the Highlands!!!!

What do you think of this lovely bridge? Balustrades and all.

We only got rained on a couple of times on our journey which only lasted 2 hours, well it is Saturday and we don't normally travel weekends. We are now moored up just past Countrywide Cruisers between bridges 14 & 15 at Brewood. Nice spot (except for the banging against the rocks) we had a wander to the village to post a letter and see about having post delivered. Then of course we had to sus out one of the local pubs (Swan Hotel) for a swift half. There is a pub right on the canal called The Bridge Inn which no doubt we will call into at sometime during our stay here. Paul is thinking about popping into the local MOT garage to see if he can pick up a couple of old tyres to act as a buffer.Been a few speeders go past. I may even bite the bullet and get a haircut. Paul did offer to do it for me but I only have a half pint pudding basin and that might prove to be a bit drastic.

There are quite a few boats moored in this spot probably because it is out of the cutting and there is a decent TV signal. Motorcycling on the tele tomorrow so I wont feel guilty if I read or play on my laptop. It is also nice for the dogs, good tow path so I may go exploring later if it stops raining.