It's early. It is early and surprisingly we're not even lying and we're not the
first boats to be moving this morning we had two boats go past us this morning at
6:30 it's now about seven ish yeah and we are heading our way down the Trent and
Mersey towards a lock and a winding hole
so we're going to go through that bridge twice because the two locks we are doing
today are actually the same lock the winding hole is on the other side of
the lock and we're turning around to go back and get some water - surprise
surprise seems to be the chant of our life at the moment the good thing about
this is that we are getting to do a little bit of a run
which is good for us we get to do another wind which is good practice because
we're still getting used to the boat even though we've had it a little while
now yeah also the batteries need a good charge
because even though we've got a reasonable-sized solar panel we have
been moored up under a tree because of the hot weather yeah and when you're
under a tree that's shading on your panel can we just say as well while the
engines running the center lines are over the solar panel and the engine is
charging the batteries the solar is not touching the batteries at this point
when we moor up we take our Center lines off if you watched us for a while you
know that happens and then the solar panels get full sunlight so if in this
vlog you see our ropes over our solar panels it really doesn't matter because
the engines running and you need to use your center line
whose fault do you want to say it is
Well, when we moored up at great Haywood we went and bought a new
map book and the new map book doesn't have any
winding holes in it until Rugeley whereas the old map book must of had a winding hole along here
I don't know I'll check the old map book I actually don't think it did I think I
read bridge 70 as a 70-foot winding hole but also there and I remember
looking at it going it doesn't have a circle around it you can wind a 70 foot
boat there The open canal map app has a winding
hole as well which is possibly what we would have used yeah when we are I can't
remember what we used to plan I think we were using the app and it has a winding
hole in it but the new book doesn't so anyway update we are going to now go
through Rugeley and wind so we can go to the Tesco which
is actually really helpful because we need about a week's worth of groceries
don't we yeah so this actually works out really well
plus we need to give the batteries a charge yeah
we're not the fastest of travelers interestingly we compared the travel
times of the new book to the old book and the new book has nearly an extra
hour to half an hour on each page
if you have seen a previous episode we are one spot away from where we moored up
to go to Tesco at Rugeley we're back at Rugeley there was a winding hole but
we thought we may as well carry on and get some groceries because the cupboards
are a little bit bare and we need some fresh fruit and veg and stuff and so many
people have asked to see Tesco that we are going to take you along to Tesco so
if you're a British viewer you are a boring part you can skip but if you are
from overseas and you want to see what it looks like to go shopping in a different
country we're going to show you a little bit
the people who we bought the boat from left this awesome nana trolley
we are loving it!
so what could we have bought that was so much that's the thing though we hadn't
planned to go to Tesco and Iget overexcited. wait till you see the size of the box of tea bags am i
carrying in my rucksack! you have massive bargain tea bags we got heaps of milk just coconut milk
that's what we drink tea bags lots of multi buys because when you're
just shopping here and there it it all adds up so it's good to find your Tesco
and stock up
no room for cat food because of these tea bags. It's massive. How long does that much
tea last you no don't put it down well they're heavy well we've got an
equivalent box to this at the end of May June July two months the other thing we like
to do when we come back from Tesco is take things that are in kind of plastic
containers that are very big and take them back to Tesco the plastic that is
it's not the food you can see behind our door here we have all the recycling in
the world so we know we're going to recycling point today or tomorrow so
we're keeping that but it would be great if we could put some of the Tesco
rubbish back in the Tesco bin because even though we have this giant trolley
and a big backpack and Kath was also carrying another bag
we still forgot to buy cat food (we didn't forget - it wouldn't fit) and so we have to go back a second trip but
it's literally like two minutes away and it would be ridiculous not to go back
and do it we're not in a rush there's actually no timing we've accidentally
come to Tesco so there's really no reason why we don't just make the most
of it and kind of do what we need to do one extra point other supermarkets are
available Tesco just happened to be the closest one to the canal at this mooring
there is also a Morrison's and an Aldi which we called at when we were last
at rugeley but Tesco's is closer and we get to pay using the app on my phone and
scanner as we shop so we can only buy as much as fits in the bag
smile Munchy
which one is it? This one? no. This one? yeah that one
I've got the picture on my phone
While we are in Rugeley I'm rolling out my best handwriting to package up these
prints and we're gonna make use of the local post office because an order came
in whilst we were in Tesco and we like to be prompt wherever we can
I really don't want to part with that one, that's one of my favourite don't worry
we'll get some prints of it maybe I wouldn't mind to print on the wall of
that one actually I like that one
actually ended up being an awesome stop for us we've got the train tracks a
pedestrian bridge and then it's a sixty winding hole
we're just going over the... I think this is an aqueduct
we just went over the aqueduct and they had like a little drain section in case
they ever need to drain their section of the canal
that's really weird seeing I think was made out of wood
fascinating fact about Rugeley that the Canal and River Trust think are
really important enough to go on signs is that the Rugeley poisoner lived in a
house next to the canal and then there's also one about some steps where there
was a murder gruesome or what
someone was having a good time making up those signs somebody went to their supervisor and
said I found stuff out about Rugeley shall we put on a sign
so murders aside Rugeley was actually a really helpful place for us to visit
we have we've been there before it's really handy for food shopping and for
other shops and if you want to pop to a wetherspoon pub for a meal
deal which we didn't do ... this time
we did go to Tesco though oh yeah but you showed you I'm so tired
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it's not a new wife thanks for watching today
we don't know where we're going to moor up yet but we thought we'd sign off
yeah the light is going so you won't be able
to see much Thanks see you again next time bye