On A Mision

The mission of the day was to move on the three miles from last night's mooring to Turner's garage at Wheaton Aston. Nobody with a narrowboat would pass this spot without dropping into here to fill up the diesel tank at it is renown to be one of the cheapest places on the system for fuel. The tank was dipped last night to get an idea of the amount of diesell likely to be required, 142 litres, in order to measure out the correct amount of fuel treatment fluid. In with the pipe, squeeze the trigger and hey presto, without even looking at the meter, 142.6 litres were bought at a base price of 70.9p/ltr. It had even dropped a penny overnight!
It was then through the lock to tackle some of the very long straights found on the Shroppie.

A beautiful bridge near Brewood

We had previously Emailed ahead to the Wolverhampton Boat Club for an overnight mooring there. We have found in the past that the lads around Autherley and Aldersley junctions have an affiliation for throwing stones at passing narrowboats. The boat club is near to these junctions that will enable us to pass them early in the morning before they leave their homes for school.
Last time we came here we were made most welcome and were able to join in with one of their club evenings. Today we have a spot right near to the clubhouse so its off there after a meal aboard.