After a very pleasant overnight mooring at the Plume of Feathers at Barlaston we got up and had a fairly relaxing morning and were ready to set off on our cruise at about 9.30. We planned to go as far as Aston Marina today, fuel up and then stop for the night. There were 9 locks today which is not too bad. The weather was good, grey but at least dry so we set off. A very pleasant cruise through beautiful countryside. We met quite a few lovely people at the locks as always. We went through the town of Stone, which we had heard lots of good things about and it seemed very nice and very safe for mooring. We got to Aston Marina at around 12.30, so we went in and filled up with diesel. The marina is very nice and we plan to come back in November for a Jersey Boy tribute band. We can stay at one of the visitor moorings as well. As it was only 12.30 we decided to carry on cruising for a little bit more and we finally came to the village of Sandon and moored there for the night. It was a very safe mooring with other boats but there was nothing close by, not even a shop. There was a pub mentioned in the Canal Companion but you had to walk along a very busy road with no footpath. It was also raining so hard that we felt that it would be dangerous to walk with the dogs. Only 2 more nights out on the canal before we get back to our home marina.
Add comment
Comments