Arrived at Alrewas

Some planter!  Our washing can be seen in the background!

Well since the last update from Tixall we have been busy travelling south.  We have also been busy with Paul doing some painting and me some spring cleaning!  Falcon will be up for sale at the end of this month, so we want her looking her best! We did spend 2 nights in Rugely, although we did move a short distance on the second day to be closer to Tesco!

On Tuesday we pulled into Kings Bromley Marina for the night.  It was a lovely day and I managed to do lots of washing!  This is one of the few marinas that has washing lines so I was able to peg out!

The family of geese I had to pass to get back on board

There haven't been any locks for a few days, but made up for it today as we have worked through 8!
So we are now at Alrewas.  Paul's get together with his RAF buddies is at the National Memorial Arboretum this year and we are now walking distance from it.  We are hoping to welcome some of the guys on board.

Approaching Bagnall Lock at Alrewas.

Back in the days when our boating was on a time share boat we used to frequent this part of the Trent and Mersey quite regularly and in the picture below is the living willow arch at Bagnall Lock.  This was planted for the millennium and when we first saw it there were just small green shoots on it.

Expect we too have changed over the years!