Brewood to Wheaton Aston (Shropshire Union Canal)

 Should have posted this yesterday, but for once, we did not have any internet connection, first time on the canals that the three network has not worked at all, but surprisingly Orange did work intermittently, but not strong enough to cope with the blog, so here is yesterday's blog, better late than never!

Mooring at Brewood

Monday 2 June - We stayed where we were today,  moored at Brewood.     

It was sunny and warm so we went up the shops.  We came back to the boat, then a bit later on, we went up to The Lion Hotel for lunch, it was really nice.

Speedwell Castle

There is a really nice unusual building in the square in Brewood, called Speedwell Castle. It was built in 1740 by a man reputed to have won a lot of money on a horse named Speedwell and used his winnings to build this dwelling.  Brewood is a really nice village with a lot of old houses.

 
Had a walk along the canal to the next bridge and came across this, Kev and I agreed that if we ever need to downsize, this would be ideal for us, but we would probably have to live there one at a time!!

Sailing High Above the A5

Staying here tonight, then chugging off up to Wheaton Ashton tomorrow.

Today - Chugged off today, it was abit overcast, but dry, so set off for Wheaton Aston.  Up the canal we went and over Stretton Aqueduct and onto the lock at Wheaton Aston.

There was a boat coming through, so waited for them and then in we went and down the lock.  Stopped at the water point and filled up with water, then moved down the canal to the moorings.  Tied up.

The weather brightened up, so we went up the village for a walk, there is a couple of shops and a post office.  There was a pub called The Coach & Horses which turned part of the pub in the day into a café, so went in for a coffee, they also had a stall selling fruit and veg.

Mooring at Wheaton Aston

Walked back to boat, then just chilled out and it then started raining.

We are staying here tomorrow as well as the forecast is not good and we don’t want to get wet do we!!, then chugging onto Gnosall on Thursday as its supposed to be sunny then!