Rugeley, Trent & Mersey – Tuesday 25 September 2012
Last night’s meal was excellent – chicken in cream and chives sauce followed by crumble and custard.  I must learn to cook!  We set out at 09:15, it was overcast but not raining.  This stretch has the locks about 1 to 2 miles apart so it made for a pleasant run.  The threatened rain started just before we got to Hoo Mill Lock at about 11:00 and then just kept on.  We have moored just before the Brindley Bank aqueduct.  Last night we discussed seeing kingfishers and I had said that I’d only seen one flying, then today there was one that as I approached flew on to a low level branch just a boat length away.  It did that five times so now I know what they look like when perched, a lovely sight.