The Shady Oak Pub, Tiverton to Tattenhall (Shropshire Union Canal)

Moored at Tattenhall

Chugging off today, so got ready and off we went.  It was a bit overcast and windy, but the sun came out and it was warm again out of the wind.  We chugged off up the canal under a few bridges and moored just past Tattenhall Marina in the 48 hour moorings just before Bridge113.

Tattenhall High Street

Old House in Tattenhall dated 1607

Enjoying Cheshire Farm Ice Cream

Cheshire Ice Cream Farm

There is a village of Tattenhall about a mile and a half up the road, so we set off to find it.  It is a really nice village with a couple of pubs and a post office and shop.  We had a walk around, then went in The Letters Inn as they have a Chinese restaurant within the pub, we had a drink but decided not to eat there and went to look at the other pub, The Sportsmans Arms, we thought it was just a sports pub not an eating pub, but how wrong were we, it had won awards for its food, so in we went and it was really nice, we had a lovely Sunday lunch.  Suitably fed and watered, we left the village and walked back towards the canal, but first we were making a slight detour to Cheshire Farm Ice-Cream Farm which was down a lane back towards the canal.  It was a great place, really good for families as they had all sorts of things there including some pigs, goats, rabbits, horses, etc.  Entry was free and you just paid for the few individual rides for the kids.  They have over 50 ice-cream flavours, so we took a while to choose, I had a Baileys one and Kev had ginger, it is really delicious ice-cream.  Tattenhall Marina is just over the way from the ice-cream farm, so we took a walk over there and had a coffee in the café, it’s quite a nice marina, but not as nice as the one at Audlem.  We then walked around the marina and back onto the canal and back to the boat.  Just chilling out this evening and looking forward to going abit further up the canal tomorrow.