Rainy Monday

This morning it rained. So we stayed put, watching the Bywater Hotel pair leave ...

... and watching the rain.

At about 1 o'clock we judged it to have eased sufficiently for us to get going, so we did.

The cows thought more rain was coming ...

... and it did. But not too much.

We passed nb Earnest of Tuesday Night Club fame. I must have spent hours reading their exploits on their website some years ago, before even getting our share in Shadow.

We tied up above Stoke Top Lock for tea, intending to move on to Westport Lake later. But after we'd eaten we couldn't be bothered to move, going for a walk up the Caldon Canal to Hanley Park instead.

Harecastle Tunnel tomorrow, and then it's downhill all the way to Manchester. Wheee!