Photograph Gallery Stage 50 Eaton Dovedale to Rugeley
Photograph Gallery Stage 50 Eaton Dovedale to Rugeley, Wednesday 13th July 2011
The Story:
After the wondrous day we had walking yesterday Strolling Steve and I endured our worse days walking since crossing the Scottish border into England. This will be a short report, for that I do not apologise, and you will understand why in the following paragraph.
We followed the Staffordshire Way all day. It was overgrown in most places, it was not maintained, stiles were everywhere, some broken and some with exposed electric fence across them. Signs were old and decrepit, barbed wire boxed us in on narrow field edge crossings, bulls were in fields on the track, farmers had moved the way to suit themselves and to cap it all some large organisations admitted they discouraged the use of the Staffordshire Way, instead favouring their own trails. Strolling Steve and I were disgusted.
Credits for the day. Some lovely houses, some neat villages and our final mile to Rugeley on the Trent and Mersey canal.
That’s it.
Strolling Steves Daily Statistics:
Scenery: 0/10 – Surely nothing can be as bad as this.
History: 1/10 – I don’t know and in truth I don’t care.
Interest: 1/10 – Is it possible to sleepwalk into a tree?
Track: 1/10 – Awful
Comment: It can only get better tomorrow.
The Photographs:
We were pleased the fence was between us and this boisterous lot
On the Staffordshire Way near Eaton Wood
Sidford Wood
Between Sidford Wood and Dove Bridge
Dove Bridge between Uttoxeter and Doveridge
Sculpture in Uttoxeter
Wonderful walking, the best of the day
This lovely walking was coming to an end
Stile with integral electric fence near Scounslow Green
Beyond a joke. Another stile with an electric fence
Grasses
Countryside north of Abbots Bromley
The Bagot Arms in Abbots Bromley
Abbots Bromley
Milestone at Abbots Bromley
Refulling spot
Typical unmaintained sign on the Staffordshire Way
Good day
A clear path through the field
Tracks
Miles to go
The Trent and Mersey Canal
Cruising on the canal
Following the Trent and Mersey Canal into Rugeley
Welcome to Rugeley
Our home for the night in a scenic location