After last weekends bash we had to get Minnow back to Kings Bromley and so we got up this morning and had a bit of breakfast then dropped Dawn’s car off at the moorings then shot over to Hoo Mill in mine. A cupper and a chat and we were ready for the off when Andy and Laney says “we’ll come to the windin ‘ole with you” which as it turned out they did and on to Haywood lock before Laney went back while Andy was enjoying himself so much he came all the way back to Kings Bromley with us.
The canal is populated by ‘arseholes and nice people. Thankfully there are more nice people about but we met one of the others today who keeps his noddy boat immediately before the winding hole just north of Ingestre Bridge No 78. As I stuck Minnows bows into the winding hole I saw the ex Staffs & Worcs Directors inspection boat Lady Hatherton who held back and waited. We winded Minnow and headed back down the canal on dead tick over as there were both moored boats both sides of the canal and Lady Hatherton approaching which we passed and said our hello’s then as we passed the moored boat the owner said something about the motorway being just down the canal. Fortunately for him I did not hear or understand what he was on about otherwise I would have stopped Minnow and ‘had a chat with him’.
Above Haywood lock a hire boat decided that he would like to push me out of the way as his wife signalled it was clear for him to pull out of the trees where he had temporarily moored, then changed her mind and panic had set in and he went all over the cut, much to the amusement of Dawn and Laney who had fits of uncontrollable laughter. As we cleared Haywood lock I handed over the tiller to Andy who enjoyed getting his hands on a working boat again.
The rest of the trip went without anything happening just enjoyable boating all the way back to Kings Bromley. After locking up the boat we took Andy back to Hoo Mill and collected my car. An evening with TV and Chinese take away on the cards for tonight!
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