A joy through Teddesley Park

Penkridge to Acton Trussell, Staff & Worcs Canal, 2.5 miles 4 locks

We left our overnight moorings once Rock n’ Roll had broken the ice left the waterpoint.  A full tankfull taken on for us too in case there was another mini freeze of the canal.

Before that this morning we popped into Stafford to get hold of some batteries for my digital scales, but once found they cost more than the scales did originally!  Sorry Annie, I got you some of those scales as a present not long ago!

Into Wilkos then to buy another non digital set costing just £3.99, they will do very nicely as a replacement.

Once on the move we were lucky that a boat had already broken the ice through the glorious Teddesley Park, although I was surprised to see it was a good inch think in places, it must have been really cold last night.

We managed to pick up quite a bit of wood at each of the four locks today…

It should burn well, and at least there will be no trip hazards by the lockside.  I believe these things are suppose to be seats while the lock is waiting to fill, but BW forgot to make the tops flat, it’s sort of pointed, so they are useless being there anyway. 

I guess we will be iced in tomorrow when I pull the curtains back.  But it is a favourite mooring of mine so I don’t mind too much except we were going to Radford Bank, a mile or so along, for lunch.. but instead I might have to put a bit of beef in the oven tomorrow..