Wrote this yesterday but then no internet to post it.  This morning same place full access!  So here's the latest....   Just about to cast of so bye for now.

Tuesday 20^th August

Didn’t go anywhere on Saturday, decided to explore a bit where we were.  Ended up in Tunstall, which was walking distance.  Suffice to say we won’t be visiting there again!  Though we did have a nice lunch in the Betty Boop Cafe.  Sunday saw us travel only about a mile which brought us into a marina at Etruria.  I was hoping for a launderette at the marina but there wasn’t one.  However ‘Dave’ from one of the boats offered to take me up to one in the town and bring me back after.  We had been having some trouble with our water heater.  Well basically it wouldn’t work!  Not too bad at this time of the year as when we cruise we get hot water from the engine and we don’t need the heating.  The marina thought they would be able to look at it on the Monday, however when the time came their equipment wasn’t compatible with our heater.  So once again Dave came to the rescue taking Paul and our heater to the official agent, TWICE.  The up side is all is now working and we are back on the network.  We are making a slight detour off of the Trent and Mersey and have ventured onto the Caldon Canal.  It comes to 2 dead ends.  One at Leek and the other at Froghall.  So in a few days time we will be on the return trip.  But for tonight we have moored at a village called Milton and despite seeming to be in the middle of nowhere we have TV and phone signal and if this is posted successfully then internet too!