Nantwich, Shropshire Union – Sunday 22 July 2012
Saturday was spent enjoying the sunshine, walking along the Nantwich embankment where seats have been provided all along it for walkers who may be tired.  I spent time sitting on the benches and reading.  There is also a picnic area with a sculpture of a horse (“no climbing allowed”) and other sculptures of a dog and fish which were put up when the embankment was restored.  Braidbar no 45 ‘New Dawn’ and no 133 ‘Eleventh Heaven’ went past together, a stop for water was aborted due to the speed of the tap – not enough hours in a day type thing.  They are heading along the Llangollen so will pass them again.
Jess arrived in the afternoon and has had fun with all these new dogs to meet and the smells and boats and ducks and people and EVERYTHING!!  It’s amusing watching her trying to get the rubber fender out from the side of the boat – it makes squeaky noises like her toys at home so I must have put it there just for her to play with.
Sunday and Jess woke at 06:00 to go out, the smells have obviously not changed because she was running all over the place then breakfast and we were out on a long walk at 08:00, got back to the boat at 14:30 and she spent the afternoon sleeping.  Evening and we went out again and met up with the canines from other boats (one also had a cat that just looked disdainfully at Jess but she didn’t pull as she does at home).  She goes back home tonight so no cruising with her – yet!