There was no clear mandate for any type of weather today, some rain, mixed with a bit of sun. Overcast with fairly strong winds and just when it looked as if the rain and wind would combine to beat the sunshine we had a glorious rainbow breakthrough followed by a beautiful sunset.
The rain was never heavy enough to make us decide to moor up so we just kept going. The Staffordshire countryside is pleasant but unspectacular, we did pass a farm which had chickens, pigs and llamas. No, I was not drunk, they were definitely llamas. It was a very uneventful day, a stop in Stone gave us a chance to replace our gas cylinder, top up with diesel and buy. the glowplugs Ray has been looking for.
We are definitely in "the Potteries" now. A big clue is the building opposite where we are moored which has Wedgwood in four foot high letters on its roof. I feel no inclination to rush over, even if it was open, I'm not really a Wedgwood fan.
Tomorrow will only be a short trip to Stoke, then some shopping, we may move on to the southern end of the Harecastle Tunnel for the night so we can tackle the tunnel first thing in the morning on Thursday.
Today's journey 18.2 miles and 14 locks.
So far we have travelled 204.2 miles, 187 locks, 5 swing bridges, 2 lift bridges and 3 tunnels.
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