A day of cruising as we head back to our base in Derbyshire. Readers may recall that we had a problem with the alternator 9 days ago and called out RCR ( River Canal Rescue). They got us on our way but Graham was not altogether happy with the way the batteries were charging. Suddenly as we passed through Baswich near Stafford Graham spotted the head office at the side of the canal. He popped in and came back with the engineer who had taught Graham how to service the boat when we first bought it! Some adjustments were made and we are much happier.
We hoped to moor at Tixall Wide which is an area where the canal expends into a lake. It has always been full on past journeys and as we were not running late we thoroughly expected it to be full again.
First we had to go through Tixall Lock with its attractive cottage.
The sign is in miles and furlongs!
We reached Tixall at 4.45 and there was one space left with an excellent view of the old gatehouse.
Time for the last BBQ of the holiday.
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