Aldi, Rugeley T&M canal bridge 66

[dogless]

Anyone visiting the town for shopping should be aware that the Aldi has now relocated to a site behind Tesco at bridge 66. Much more convenient for access from a boat 👍

 

I discovered the change having walked to the old site first doh !

 

Rog

Edited March 24, 2025 by dogless

[Ex Brummie]

I know how you feel having stopped at Banbury and walked to Morrisons only to notice I'd walked past the new Lidl above the lock behind the Birds (General Foods)Club.

[Francis Herne]

That must be one of the most convenient moorings for shopping - Tesco, Morrisons and now Aldi all a very short walk from one bridge. Not that it was very far previously.

 

I wonder what it'll do for the aquatic trolley population! Had a couple out each visit, usually fresh.

Edited March 24, 2025 by Francis Herne

[dogless]

Apparently Lidl are building nearby too ... great for the canal and car drivers on the bypass ... not so great for the town.

 

Still that's retail everywhere these days.

 

Rog

[Richard T]

Whilst in Rugeley do not forget to eat at La Terrazza a lovely family run italian only a few yards from the canal on Lichfield Street. If on the T&M we make a point of being in Rugeley overnight so we can eat there. Not that cheap but good value.  Best restaurant that we know of on the cut.

[Rob-M]

2 hours ago, Richard T said:

Whilst in Rugeley do not forget to eat at La Terrazza a lovely family run italian only a few yards from the canal on Lichfield Street. If on the T&M we make a point of being in Rugeley overnight so we can eat there. Not that cheap but good value.  Best restaurant that we know of on the cut.

Need to book as often it is fully booked.

[dogless]

Wedding anniversary this week so that's a good suggestion thanks 👍🏻

 

Rog

[Mike Todd]

17 hours ago, Richard T said:

Whilst in Rugeley do not forget to eat at La Terrazza a lovely family run italian only a few yards from the canal on Lichfield Street. If on the T&M we make a point of being in Rugeley overnight so we can eat there. Not that cheap but good value.  Best restaurant that we know of on the cut.

few yards well, 300+ metres!

[Tonka]

55 minutes ago, Mike Todd said:

few yards well, 300+ metres!

328 yards 

[Cheshire cat]

Well worth going though 

[Mike Todd]

5 hours ago, Tonka said:

328 yards 

Luddite!

[Tonka]

1 minute ago, Mike Todd said:

Luddite!

I do believe I live in a country where speed is MPH, Distances are in miles. So why wouldn't you use yards

[Mike Todd]

1 hour ago, Tonka said:

I do believe I live in a country where speed is MPH, Distances are in miles. So why wouldn't you use yards

Pedant alert:

 

Whilst the default legal position is that all measurements must be in metric units, some UK exemptions exist - the famous pint of beer, for example. At present, yards on road signs remains a legal option although I read that actually on roads signs saying yards are actually metres. It is said that very few drivers actually know how many yards there are in a mile. (Which comes first 800 metres or half a mile?)

 

In Wales, it is necessary to use llath as well as yards, only yards is not permitted.

 

UK is the only major country to us m as the abbreviation for miles on public roads, but not on private land, where it would mean metres!

 

The previous governments attempt to woo Reform UK voters by having a consultation on allowing imperial units again, met with an almost total opposition and so has now been (quietly) buried.

 

Fortunately there are few occasions when the accuracy of a distance labelled as yards,  but is actually metres, is material! That said, for some people 300+ metres is importantly different from a few yards.

[Ronaldo47]

Ireland (Eire)  was in transition when we toured it in the early 1990's: distance in km, speed limits in mph. Apparently the distances on mile posts  had previously  been given in Irish Miles, not Statute Miles. This made conversion extremely simple, as one Irish Mile is almost exactly equal to 2km, so they only had to double all the numbers. In some of the more remote areas, you could see signs where, rather than provide new ones,  the old miles distances had been painted over with the new km distances. 

[David Mack]

A few years back we drove from Dublin to Belfast and back. Its a pretty seamless crossing of the border on the motorway, other than the signs telling you that the speed limit signs change from km/hr to mph heading north and vice versa on the way back.

[ditchcrawler]

8 hours ago, Mike Todd said:

few yards well, 300+ metres!

[matty40s]

2 hours ago, David Mack said:

A few years back we drove from Dublin to Belfast and back. Its a pretty seamless crossing of the border on the motorway, other than the signs telling you that the speed limit signs change from km/hr to mph heading north and vice versa on the way back.

The lines on the left hand side of the motorway change from white to dashed yellow as you cross the border heading South, and back to white as you head back North

[Mike Todd]

14 hours ago, ditchcrawler said:

I just added in a bit to allow that you can rarely moor immediately adjacent to the bridge and most spaces are a little away - we normally moor just to the north of the bridge. Last time was quite busy and I needed to go to Screwfix to pick a pre-ordered item. Despite the fact that we moored immediately behind the store, it was quite a long walk!

[David Schweizer]

 

17 hours ago, Mike Todd said:

Pedant alert:

 

Whilst the default legal position is that all measurements must be in metric units, some UK exemptions exist - the famous pint of beer, for example. At present, yards on road signs remains a legal option although I read that actually on roads signs saying yards are actually metres. It is said that

(Which comes first 800 metres or half a mile?)

 

In Wales, it is necessary to use llath as well as yards, only yards is not permitted.

 

UK is the only major country to us m as the abbreviation for miles on public roads, but not on private land, where it would mean metres!

 

The previous governments attempt to woo Reform UK voters by having a consultation on allowing imperial units again, met with an almost total opposition and so has now been (quietly) buried.

 

Fortunately there are few occasions when the accuracy of a distance labelled as yards,  but is actually metres, is material! That said, for some people 300+ metres is importantly different from a few yards.

 

1,760 yards in a mile, or 5,280 feet. And no I didn't have to google it !!  I am quite happy to be called a Luddite.

 

 

 

Edited March 26, 2025 by David Schweizer

[David Mack]

55 minutes ago, David Schweizer said:

1,760 yards in a mile, or 5,280 feet. And no I didn't have to google it !!  I am quite happy to be called a Luddite.

And I bet you remember those school exercise books that had tables of units on the back cover including rods, poles and perches!

[Alan de Enfield]

1 hour ago, David Mack said:

And I bet you remember those school exercise books that had tables of units on the back cover including rods, poles and perches!

 

That'd be a comprehensive (Secondary Modern) school then - at Grammer school we were expected to know them.

(You forgot the 'chains' and 'furlongs')

[Mike Todd]

1 hour ago, Alan de Enfield said:

 

That'd be a comprehensive (Secondary Modern) school then - at Grammer school we were expected to know them.

(You forgot the 'chains' and 'furlongs')

Not to mention rods, poles and perches!

[Alan de Enfield]

56 minutes ago, Mike Todd said:

Not to mention rods, poles and perches!

 

??????????

 

3 hours ago, David Mack said:

And I bet you remember those school exercise books that had tables of units on the back cover including rods, poles and perches!

 

[Mike Todd]

3 hours ago, Alan de Enfield said:

 

That'd be a comprehensive (Secondary Modern) school then - at Grammer school we were expected to know them.

(You forgot the 'chains' and 'furlongs')

Of course, furlongs are still remembered at least by those that follow the strange 'sport' of horse racing - or boaters with an old copy of L A Edwards!

[Alan de Enfield]

 

18 minutes ago, Mike Todd said:

Of course, furlongs are still remembered at least by those that follow the strange 'sport' of horse racing - or boaters with an old copy of L A Edwards!

 

Of course, chains are still remembered, at least by those that follow the strange 'sport' of cricket.