Friday 1st January 2010
After a lazy day yesterday I got up at 7 to walk the dog and set off for Autherley at 8am. The canal was frozen solid but the ice had all formed overnight, so was not more than a quarter inch thick in most places, so we had the satisfying sound of [...]
Continue Reading →Thursday 31st December
On the nicest day of the winter I slept in until 8am. Dog walk and breakfast took us up to 9:30am, and then checking the map, if we set off at 10:00 we could be at Autherley Junction about 11:30am, then Aldersley at 11:45 and into the first lock of the Wolverhampton [...]
Continue Reading →Wednesday 30th December
It’s been a long cold wet winter day today and I didn’t see the Shroppie at its best, with endless muddy towpaths and biting cold easterly wind across the exposed embankments which forced us to crab along mile after mile at 45 degrees to the bank, just to keep moving forwards.
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