Day 133 .... 23.09.13 .... Stone 1

This  morning was very misty and moisty but warm ....... in fact a typical September morning and this was the first lock at Tixalll. This morning no elderberry to clear off the roof. Maggie looks as if she is dancing ! She says she was opening the lock! 

 ....... enjoyed going through an area behind Shugborough called Tixall Wide which is like a large lake.  How it came to be I am not sure. Very beautiful though.

........................ Saw a couple of kingfishers again and I am hoping that I might have a distant picture of one if I blow up it up.  A work in the future............

these amused us a s we passed under their crossing point between two fields.

......................... arrived at Stone where we are moored in the area we wanted above the locks and  have trimmed the grass by the edge of the canal so we can paint the strips on the side.  I think passers-by thought we were mad !!! More of this and Stone tomorrow.  I believe there is a market tomorrow according to Bert. We are already impressed since we found a large Capuccino and a pint of Abbots for £3.60 which is the record low for the whole journey around the system so far.  Cannot imagine it being beaten !!