Wednesday evening the15th June,wea went rambling with friends , terry and jan, Geoff and mel, and the Inland waterways group. We started at wolseley arms pub car park at 6 30. Meals were ordered for after the walk, set off at 7 o clock. Walked through the field up to etching hill near rugeley. Lovely views , field of ripening green corn, and countryside. From the fields through a housing estate, and then down some steps to the canal and Countryside again.
These steps are knownb as the BLOODY STEPS, because in the 18th century there was a murder of a woman called Chrisitina Collins and her body was found in the canal where she had been murdered by the boatmen on whos boat she was riding on to meet up with her husband. The steps were said to have bled red blood, however it was the streak of iron ore in the steps that made the bloody colouration. The men were hanged outside stafford jail for the murder of this poor young woman.
From there we walked along a beautiful stretch of canal, yellow irises and cow parsley growing alongside, and many boats moored up. Eventually reaching the wolsely arms car park again at 8 45. A fine and warm evening, everyone enjoyed it. The route was about 4 miles long.
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