September 1st

September, Season of mists and mellow fruitfullness as the poem by Louis Macneice says in his Autumn Journal, one of my favourite poems. So to start off this lovely golden glow day we had a journey out to Barlaston canal to visit THE WOOL BOAT.

The Boat travels up and down the waterways during March to October, then moors up at Burscough on the Leeds and Liverpool Canal in winter.

It was a perfect warm and still morning to visit, the owners were very friendly, there was wool for sale, buttons, haberdashery, knitting kneedles, all sold from a small space, displayed in baskets.

This isCarole who with her partner Colin runs the Boat, and this is some of her stock on board the Emma Maye, I asked if I could take a photo, and then he said he would take one of us for me to send to my friend Donna in Canada.

Here we are, me with my bag of white wool and two packs of multicoloured buttons. Note the pretty crochet cover on the chair. Gary enjoyed it too as he found that Colin the owner was a football supporter like himself and they spent the time talking footy. So Happy Days all around.
We stopped for a cup of tea at Aston Marina on the way back, and watched the Swifts darting low over the Marina, A LOVELY HAPPY MORNING.