Thursday 30 September 2010

nb Stella - Day 12

CHESTER - ELLESMERE PORT
This should be a photo of the newsagent in Chester who sold SWMBO yesterday's paper - "We were wrong to sell you yesterday's Times"
I don't know, send a woman to do a man's job etc. etc. ...

Northgate staircase locks in Chester

The Bunbury Arms in Stoak. Excellent pub with what looked like very good food. Never seen so many big posh cars with personalised number plates!

Church of St.Lawrence in Stoak.

Why all these photos of churches?

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Wednesday 29 September 2010

nb Stella - Day 11

'REST DAY' IN CHESTER

City centre mooring with free parking!

River Dee

Excellent Grosvenor Museum which mainly told the story of the Vikings and the Romans

City centre with yet another well photographed landmark

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Tuesday 28 September 2010

nb Stella - Day 10

BEESTON CASTLE - CHESTER
Beeston Castle in the morning mist

Tattenhall Marina. Very smart but not many boats!

Nice development approaching Chester

A very efficient SWMBO cycling ahead to get us to Chester at a reasonable hour

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nb Stella - Day 9

NANTWICH - BEESTON

Did all the 'services' at Nantwich Canal centre including using the excellent launderette.

Daniel from the Canal World forum moored at Barbridge in Emily Anne


Mountbatten and Jellicoe at Barbridge


Calverley 'Service Station'


Overnight mooring at Beeston Castle below the 'Beeston Castle and Tarporley' signal box


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nb Stella - Day 8

ADDERLEY - NANTWICH
'Oasis Too' at Adderley in the early morning

Church of St.James the Great at Audlem

The 'Shroppie Fly' pub in Audlem - well, you have to, don't you?

Classic view of Audlem

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Sunday 26 September 2010

nb Stella - Day 7

CHESWARDINE - ADDERLEY
Bit of a caption competition. Please arrange the following captions to suit the photos - I can't get this page to behave!

Early morning (for us!) outside The Wharf Tavern





A nice early morning photo





Pill box guarding Odyssey at the IWA AGM at Market Drayton





Enterprising farmers wife - the poppy seed loaf was excellent!

nb Stella - Day 6

BREWOOD - CHESWARDINE
Lunchtime stop for refreshments after slow progess due to moored boats and leaves around the prop

Another well photographed landmark (watermark?) - High Bridge in Grub Street Cutting

Former Cadbury Wharf at Knighton

Moored at The Wharf Tavern at Cheswardine

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Thursday 23 September 2010

nb Stella - Day 5

CROSS GREEN - BREWOOD (Pronounced BROOD)
We walked a couple of yards of the Monarch's Way long distance footpath

Then went to the Pendeford Mill nature reserve

This is Avenue Bridge leading to Chillington Hall on the outskirts of Brewood

Speedwell Castle (or folly?) in Brewood

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Wednesday 22 September 2010

nb Stella - Day 4

Nr ACTON TRUSSELL - CROSS GREEN (Nr. COVEN)
Nice show of dahlias at Acton Trussell

Working boats (Should have written the names down!). The butty was Argus, at Penkridge

Excellent market in Penkridge on Wednesdays and Saturdays. This is the (Huge) church of St.Michael and All Angels in the town

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Sorry, how many times has the roundhouse at Gailey been photographed?

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Tuesday 21 September 2010

nb Stella - Day 3

WESTON UPON TRENT - Nr. ACTON TRUSSELL
Excellent meal at The Woolpack in Weston last night. SWMBO said it was the best steak she had eaten in a long while - and Monday night is half price night!

Great Haywood junction

Tixall wide - maybe Tixall Hall?

BBQ in the late afternoon sunshine with a passing dog hoping to get lucky

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nb Stella - Day 2

BARLASTON - WESTON UPON TRENT
Apologies for late posting - no signal last night
Leaving our mooring at Barlaston

Ilford and Ibex moored at Stone

Nice welcome to Stone

The Swan pub has a huge number of the lampshades we are looking for to replace the broken one on Stella - unfortunately there were too many people about!

The Star pub has none - and it was virtually empty

Sandon Lock

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