Hopwas Wood and the Tame

Jan had a lay in on Monday, she went to bed Sunday night at about 8:30 and didn't wake up until 8:00, most unlike her, but she said she was fine and felt better for almost 12 hours sleep. By the time we have sorted the rubbish, had a shower, topped up the water etc it was 10:30 before we set off.  The first stop was at Streethay Wharf for a pumpout, however, as you can see, they were a little busy when we arrived, so we spun TM around and had lunch. 

Streethay Wharf

We sorted the pumpout after lunch and and spent a while chatting before spinning around and setting off again.

When we bought TM I did not see the use of a bow thruster on a 45ft boat, but it does comes in very handy when you want to wind in a tight space.

We pushed on towards Wittlington passing fields of poly tunnels and some poor devils picking in the fields. It always looks back breaking work, not my cup of tea.

We eventually decided to moor at Hopwas Wood (an MOD firing range) next to the River Tame, where the canal is lined by trees and the only sound was birds singing. Although there were lots of well trodden paths through the woods we saw very few people so we have a pleasant evening listening to a Cuckoo. 

Hopwas Wood

I took Spot for a long walk through the woods and allowed her to have a swim in the Tame. She loves a dip but the canals are a bit smelly so we try to limit the swims to rivers. She did need a bath as Denis in the Swan spilt a pint of beer over her.

The sharp eyed amongst you will have noticed this post is dated Tuesday morning, this is because I had a touch of Jan disease last night and went to bed at 8:00 and slept through until 7:30 this morning. We think it must be something to do with getting used to this new lifestyle.

Raining this morning, don't mind  as I got sunburnt yesterday.