And so to Norbury Junction

Gnosall to Norbury, Shropshire Union Canal, 3.5 miles 0 locks

We pulled the pins this morning reluctantly from this lovely mooring near Cowley Double Bridge, and cruised the short distance to Gnosall, just past the bridge by The Boat Inn.  We went through Cowley Cutting leading to Cowley Tunnel.. it is a most amazing cutting, so very deep, and it is equally amazing how the navvies of the canal building years managed to cut into the rock with none of the modern tools we use today to do much the same on new motorways. 

We just travelled under 3/4 mile to the bridge, leaving just after 9am, we still managed to meet five narrowboats coming in the opposite direction!!

At the bridge, just about to moor when Mr Tesco phoned to say he was just 2 minutes away.. good job we got there 10 minutes before our timed order!  As I went up on to the bridge to find a handy place for him to park, so Tim Salt of Staffordshire Canopies arrived.  He was there to put the cratch cover on Moore2Life that he had made for them.. here Vic admiring his handywork on Moore2Life ..

But that was at the next bridge where there are two water points and yet another pub.  I went to the butchers just down the road from bridge 34, and everyone I met had a “Good morning!”, Such a friendly village.. the name of the village by the canal is Gnosall Heath, there used to be a Post Office here, but it has now closed, and the closest one is in Gnosall itself.  Wandered over there to the Post Office, and sent my father’s birthday card and present for his birthday at the weekend. 

We didn’t have lunch in Gnosall after all, and had some cheese topped baps from Mr T instead while we waited for much needed water to fill the tank.  Then onward..

To Norbury Junction and the British Waterway services.  Rubbish to dump here.. lots of it!!  Well the last time we dumped rubbish was at Wheaton Aston last Monday!  On then through the bridge and some very nice moorings on the left with a good line of sight to the dot in the sky for the satellite tele.  Got a bag of coal, would you believe, and tonight we lit the fire.. even more unbelievable!  

The dogs were brilliant today, and Wendie’s two labs who are on holiday with us while she holidays in the States, are really getting into this life style aboard No Problem, and have learned to ‘go see Vic when Vic has cake’ .. You can tell who spoils the dogs.. and just to prove it…

Lucy, on the other hand, is looking to the picture taker to see if there is any chance whatsoever of a walk!!

Well there was after tea this evening, and we enjoyed a few miles around this really nice junction.. We shall explore more tomorrow..