Lazy days at Gnosall, and it's Christmas Wish time..

Moored Gnosall, Shropshire Union Canal

Lazy days, and time to think about Christmas for me.  I have started my 2007 Christmas wish list, and hopefully I might get one or two things that I want this year.  It’s choccy marzipan that is my favourite Christmas pressie, but I never get any, well I didn’t do for the last two years.. Trouble is that everyone knows its my favourite, and so they don’t buy me any thinking someone else has!

While looking I have come across some extraordinary items such as a £36,000 corkscrew.. no that is not a mistype.  This corkscrew, from a Company in Belgium, is a bit different – unfortunately I can’t put a picture of it on my blog because their copyright terms and conditions do not allow me to, but I can link to the site.  It is made from aviation titanium, and has a 15 carat gold pull ring on it.. oh and it comes in a nice engraved wooden box with a gold hinges!

And how about this then from Amazon, a super duper torch.. well best call it a flash lamp I think.  It has a range of 900 metres, has a re-chargeable battery which is the same size as my computer battery!.. Oh, and will run for 120 hours before needing a recharge!  It is handy around the towpaths too, as it is waterproof even in water down to 2 metres, so dropping that in the canal won’t be a disaster.  But I wouldn’t let this little beauty anywhere near the canal with a price tag of about £212.00!

But have no fear family dear, my wish list will not contain those two items .. the list will be with you this week.. please, please someone pick the choccy marzipan from Thorntons as my pressie!

Lunch at The Navigation Inn yesterday, very nice too.. in fact they do three sizes, small, medium and large so you can be as greedy as you like.. Oh I had a medium by the way.. and yesterday afternoon Vic spent snoozing and I spent doing what I love doing..

This pic along the Way for the Millenium is from my phone.. not a bad pic this from a phone.. in fact this one is one of my all time favourites of Lucy.