Friday 26 April
Today’s weather forecast was much the same as yesterday’s –
a fine morning with rain later on. With this in mind, we got going at 8.30.
We’d only got a short journey today with one lift bridge and three locks. We
stopped for water at Etruria where there was a boat selling oatcakes – a Stoke
delicacy. We bought a couple of cheese oatcakes and enjoyed them with a cup of
coffee before moving on and completing the return journey to Festival Park
Marina arriving there by 11.30, just as it started to rain.
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| The B Oatcake |
After lunch, we decided to catch a bus into Hanley. (For
those of you from outside the area, Stoke-on-Trent is a created entity of six
towns, each of which has kept their own identity; Hanley is one of the six
towns.) We went to the Potteries Museum and Art Gallery where we happily spent
a couple of hours before returning to the boat.
Locks 3 Miles 5.25 Total
Locks 71 Total Miles 104.75
Saturday 27 April & Sunday 28 April
Storm Hannah arrived overnight with lots of wind and rain.
As we were returning home for the weekend and it is a half hour walk from the
marina to the railway station, we decided that a taxi was the answer rather
than getting us and our belongings soaked. The train and bus journey home was
uneventful.
Saturday and Sunday were spent catching up with jobs at home, church etc.
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