All quiet as we cruise to Little Onn

Gnosall to Little Onn, Shropshire Union Canal, 3 miles 0 locks

We were planning on going to Wheaton Aston today, but Mr Tesco arrived at the later end of my two hour slot, and we didn’t leave Gnosall ‘till just gone 12.  I do like to try to put the pins in at or just after lunch so that I can go out walking before the light is gone.

Just a short trip today then to Little Onn, another of our favourite rural and remote moorings that we just love, and after lunch I picked out a walk for the afternoon..

This is a cutting close to where we are moored, you can see how quiet it is at the moment, hardly any boats on the move at all, certainly a change from the very busy summer this year that we experienced.  On the left of the bridge you can see the iron work which is etched with the marks of the ropes of horse drawn boats before the age of the motor engine. 

The towpaths must have been in a terrible state in those days with the horses up and down them all the time.  Of course each horse had to have someone walking beside it.. I just don’t know how they did it!

A good lesson for the pup today, as we crossed a field full of sheep, the first time I have done that with her, having introduced her to sheep from the safety of a ‘next field’ situation to let her learn to leave them be, but she did well today, as we got into the field they all took off and ran.. for a split second she was on her way, but a shout from me, and she stopped dead in her tracks and came back.. phew..

Here now in complete control as she copies Lucy’s attitude to sheep..

Just an hour to go before England play Croatia.. I have bagged the tele until 10pm… Vic didn’t even bother to argue about it!