Nantwich for a whole day

Waking up on the peaceful canal, we didn’t get off to an early start. Today was market day in Nantwich so we strolled up the quaint Welsh Row, lined with Tudor style buildings and quirky shops, and did a couple of laps of the out door and indoor market, picking up a few items for the boat that we had been looking for. We also checked out the op shops and I found this oh so cute fur hat. It’s my new favourite.



In the afternoon we walked through the park along the Weaver River, as well as visiting the medieval St. Mary’s church, which dates from 1280 and has seen many changes over the centuries. It features 3D embroidered Jubilee Curtains which were made by the church’s tapestry group in 1976 to mark Queen Elizabeth’s Silver Jubilee. The hangings are community focused and portray people and stories of this area. The tapestry group have also stitched around 400  elaborately decorated kneelers used throughout the church. St. Mary's is so old and with so much history, yet has been kept relevant to the present day.







We’d decided to eat out tonight, so Peter and I had an afternoon drink at the historic Cheshire Cat pub, strictly for research you understand, and decided it would be a good place to have dinner. It turned out to be a great choice and we all enjoyed a yummy meal. 




Comments

  1. Neville CannOctober 9, 2025 at 11:27 PM

    Hi travellers. Got the video. Looked like sailing a boat through the sky. Pictures are sooo English but I guess that’s not surprising. Love the bridges. We just worked out your boat is about as long as our house block here on School Ave. Quite long!! We enjoyed your description of daily life on the canals. With the pictures and a bit of imagination we can vicariously enjoy the journey. We had a good search of the maps and were able to trace your track along the canal into Wales and out again. Thanks for taking the time to write the blog. We look forward eagerly to each installment. Keep having fun.

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  2. Europe Trip 2025October 10, 2025 at 6:39 AM

    Thank you so much Neville, and thanks for reading it all. I'm impressed you worked out our track, it's not easy correlating canal maps and road maps. I have a great app called opencanalmap that works a bit like Google maps, it shows where you are on the canal, as well as locks and bridges so you know what's coming up.

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  3. Jackie BOctober 11, 2025 at 10:52 AM

    I love that hat, very Russian, I was explaining to Philip about the winding and the leap frogging, I can imagine exactly what you meant, the places along the canal look so tranquil, keep on enjoying, love you all

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  4. Europe Trip 2025October 11, 2025 at 6:16 PM

    Thanks Jackie, it's serene, except for the locks, which are busy! 😄

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