Gusty again as we move to Salt on Trent and Mersey Canal

Burston to Salt, Trent and Mersey Canal, 2 miles 0 locks

Mr Tesco was not late and nor were we for our meeting at Salt Bridge.  Trouble was he spilt a whole carton of glorious double cream on the roadside by the bridge.. not that it bothered me too much, it wasn’t my cream.. nor for the fact that it would be a definite no no on my low calorie diet! But it did trouble Meg!

She fancied that, and it was only after two occasions she had gone missing and when I called her she appeared from the lane above the towpath my brain clicked the reason she had gone there.  She must have a really good nose because I tied her to the railing by the bridge while I went to pick up the shopping from Mr Tesco about 10 yards further down the lane.

We had settled for the evening too, and I didn’t really want to have to move from here.. so I thought the best thing to do was to sacrifice my washing line to the mud and tie her to that.. better that than have her inside getting bored or worst still getting knocked down on the lane..

But a quiet day for us apart from Mr Tesco.. I made some marmalade.. with very low calorie sugar, and took a brief look at Sandon Park very close to where we are moored..

Absolutely gorgeous the parkland.. well I only had time for a quick look today as it was getting a bit late, but tomorrow I hope to be able to walk 4 miles or so around this place.  There is a huge monument of William Pitt that can be seen from the canal.  It is a column, in fact, of some 22 metres high, and was erected in 1806 by the then resident of Sandon House, the first Earl of Harrowby, on the death of the Prime Minister William Pitt the Younger, under whom he was the Under Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs..

See I am full of useless information!..   But the column is magnificent, I took a walk up to it high on the hill today.. well panted my way up to it anyway.. more calories burned!

Good spot here where we have put the pins in, the towpath is dry, although earlier just after lunch the towpath under the bridge was flooded due to the workmen trying to lower the pound (stretch of water between one lock and an other) above Sandon Lock to do some work on the sluice.. that flooded this pound.. I honestly don’t think pushing water from one pound to another is going to do any lowering of water.. there is just too much draining in from everywhere else at the moment..