Wednesday 14th August 2013

The Steak and Ale Pies which we had last night lived up to their reputation as they were excellent. This morning we woke to some condensation on the roof. This is the first we have had this holiday so the nights must be getting colder. We sailed to Hurleston Junction where the Llangollen canal begins its journey into Wales. We moored just passed the junction and walked up passed the locks to the A51, along about a quarter of a mile and arrived here.

This is a famous ice cream parlour ( although I cannot say that we really knew about it until we saw an article in the newspaper a few weeks ago.) Nearly every year they create a huge straw model and this year it is.....

The head of the dalek moves and talks. Quite ingenious. We then visited the ice cream parlour and there were dozens of flavours to chose from. Graham finally settled on lemon meringue and damson/sloe gin while I chose tropical coconut and cherry. The dalek wafers are sold for charity. 

There was a pleasant walk through the fields back to the canal tow path.

After sailing to Nantwich we realised what a popular place it is for mooring. Finally got a space and will remain here until Chris and Tim join us on Friday. Going to look round the town tomorrow and will also walk to a Nuclear Bunker if the weather is good.