This bridge links Shugborough Hall (the home of the late great photographer, Patrick Lord Lichfield) with the village of Great Haywood.
I was intrigued by the types of different masonry, brickwork and stonework here. The bridge must have been repaired or renovated many times over the years.
The building seen through the arch of the bridge, just beyond the locks, is a superb little restaurant with a lovely garden. A great place to sit in summer.
The historic takeover of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, which could come as soon as this weekend, moved to the forefront of the presidential campaign Saturday.
In the arena that night, the whole last minute was drowned out by cheers — and then when the soaring music swelled, the confetti rained down as the harbinger of balloons and the hopeful first family took the stage, forget about it — it was a perfect end to a convention that last Monday, no one even knew if it would happen. But it did, and I'm so glad to have been there.
