Riverside

// May 7th, 2005 // General

Went for a lovely walk alongside the mersey-trent canal yesterday. All the river folk seemed really friendly, nearly all of them smiling and saying “hi” as we walked past. As we walked Nick told us tales of his river-faring past, which were quite interesting and the total opposite of the idyllic scenes we witnessed. It was quite interesting to watch a lock being used in person – I’ve not done that in years.

We walked a fair way probably about 4 miles before coming to a pub, so we had a couple of drinks in there before walking back. Saw the back of Shugborough Hall on the way back too which was quite interesting.

I’d really like to spend a weekend living on a barge, it’s really expensive though – a 7 person barge is £700 for four nights :(

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