Tyrley to Brewood

December 30, 2009 by Mike
Filed under: Canals, Cruising Log, Mobile Broadband 

Wednesday 30th December

A gloomy Tyrley Cutting, Shropshire Union CanalIt’s been a long cold wet winter day today and I didn’t see the Shroppie at its best, with endless muddy towpaths and biting cold easterly wind across the exposed embankments which forced us to crab along mile after mile at 45 degrees to the bank, just to keep moving forwards.

Therefore this is a short post to say we arrived at Brewood, which like most of the area has no 3G signal at all.  Three has no service, O2 is down to about the lowest possible signal and T-Mobile is just giving me a 1 bar GPRS signal.  I couldn’t live here, although Brewood is a very attractive town spoilt tonight by a loud drunken argument outside the Swan, which wasn’t exactly a welcoming site!

A quick hi to Sue on No Problem; passed you at Wheaton Aston but I think you are still away for the hols, and hi to Chertsey which we passed in the twilight at Stretton, so sorry Sarah I didn’t stop as I don’t think a visit in the icy dark would have done justice!

21 miles and 1 lock, 2 cold feet and 1 red nose.

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2 Comments on Tyrley to Brewood

  1. Sarah on Thu, 31st Dec 2009 1:10 pm

    2. Ah, but you did see it then, my magnificent beast?

  2. Mike on Thu, 31st Dec 2009 10:33 pm

    3. A tantalising glimpse. Worthy of a special visit soon!

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