Monday 18th June.
It's great to have met locals, some of which have become good friends. The Canal in Cogleton runs along the side of the hill near the top. Today we are taken to Tescos at the bottom of the hill so we can load up and have it brought to the top by car. Diana & I go back into the village part of the town in the afternoon. Charity shops get the going over.
Tuesday 19th June.
Once again we are taken touring. Lunch at a delighfull Pub on the outskirts of Gawsworth, followed by the long way home via Rudyard Lake and over the hill back to Congleton.
Wednesday 20th June, 11 miles, 1 Lock, I Tunnel.
A leisurley meander south with a stop for rain, visit a boat yard to enquire about selling Molly, fill with water and arrive at Harecastle tunnel as a flotilla of 7 boats are about to enter. Was a bit rushed but we joined on behind, following a working boat and Butty. Through in 36 minutes which is about average for us. Continued on to moor up at Westport Lake, Stoke on Trent. More discussion on Food but this time it is Diana wants to go to "Lidl", a mile away. Good choice as there is a new business opened in Tunstall just up from the canal. Must come back tomorrow when it is open.
Thursday 21st.
Off to the "Tool Station". Turned out to be a cataloge type operation similar to Argos. Might have been new to me but there are 300 branches in the UK and this one had been open 3 weeks. For those on boats wanting maintenance things for their boats this place is very convenient. Cross bridge 128 and go up hill. Next we are off to Burslem which has some magnificant buildings that we haven't seen since 2010. Not much has changed but we both have better cameras to record the images. On our way back to the boat around 1800 we toss the coin to see which way to go around a busy roundabout with very few predestrian options. The coin fell rightway up. We came across one of those back street gems and although closed were invited in after Diana had her face pressed to the window for a while. We were in a Chininey Pot Museum. It was closed for removations nether the less after a brief Health and safety briefing we picked our way through a magnificant collection of pilled up chimeny pots. Facinating guy who has been collecting, renovating and selling pots for 40 plus years. He is hoping to have the museum building structure repaired and the pots back on display to reopen his museum when the ceramic poppies are brought to Middleport for display in a month or two. Just down from bridge 126. If we get the chance we will visit again.
Friday 22nd June. 3 miles.
Compulsory stop at Middleport potteries today. Just managed to squeeze molly on behind another boat on the mooring outside the potteries and lost Diana for three hours while she supported the English economy. I fiddled around on the boat. She did come back with an RAF 100 aniversary mug for me from the pottery next door. It will be treasured. As we left and moved around the corner we found extra moorings have been developed in front of the pottery. Arrived at Etruria, filled with water and now moored up for a couple of days on the Caldon Canal.
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