Friday 16th August 2013

After torrential rain all through the night we were pleased to realise that the rain had stopped by 7am and it warmed up during the morning. After filling with water and turning the boat we re-moored at the aqueduct and went into Nantwich to do the shopping and to meet Chris and Tim. As we passed the church the bride was just arriving for her wedding. The bells were peeling, the sun was shining and it was a lovely scene as she arrived in an Austin 6.

We found a most unusual coffee shop and delicatessen. Part of it was a museum displaying old grocery items. We could have spent ages there looking at all the items and seeing which we could recognise. 

We went to the station to meet our friends and as they fancied a coffee we went back to the same shop!

We were soon underway and passed through two locks before mooring just before the Audlem flight. We walked around the village and stopped for a drink at the Shroppie Fly pub. This is famous in boating circles as a stop for the fast boats which plied the canals in the heyday of freight travel. There were very few customers, which is not how we remember the place from previous visits.

The forecast for tomorrow is not good but we do aim to provide the full boating experience so rain may  well be part of it!