A good old-fashioned local, untouched by modern refurbishments, but with a few nicely painted canal themed chairs etc. Quite basic menu but if you want some good basic grub and you want it cheap this is the place! We had an enormous Cornish Pasty with Chips and Peas for £2.99 and a Chicken Breast in Cheese sauce with Chips and Peas for £3.80. (2002 prices)

Can't get much better than that!

Super atmosphere in a converted 18th century canal warehouse complete with half a canal boat in the basement! The pub is part of a chain but I can't remember which (maybe Brewers Fayre) so the menus are pretty standard but with a decent choice at around £7.95 a head. Food was good and service very quick even though they were quite busy. (2002 prices)

Right next to the canal with mooring rings outside. You can sit in the garden and keep an eye on your boat over the wall. I only stopped here for a quick snack at lunchtime but got a couple of half-baguettes for just 70p each (2002). You can't complain at that!

If you want some good, honest, filling food after a hard day at the tiller give this a miss! If, however, you are into trendy designer food, and don't mind paying fancy prices just to have your food look pretty, this could be for you.

On the surface this looks like an ordinary country pub with food service counter but they make a pretence of being ever so busy and will make you wait unless you have booked a table. By about 8.30 pm they were telling people there was no room despite at least a dozen tables being free. After waiting for half an hour we were given the menu (in hindsight we should have asked to see it before putting our name down for a table) to discover various dressed up dishes at around £11.95 - £13.95 each with stuff like 'jus' (gravy) and 'dressed with rosemary' (a sprig of herb on the plate). (2002 prices)

One of our party had lamb cutlets which were trendily 'pink', i.e. uncooked, and another boating couple nearby sent their meal back to be cooked properly. The meat arrived in the middle of huge 14" white plates sprinkled with parsley to cover up the emptiness. I have to admit that it looked quite good but the plates took up so much room, they had to put some of our vegetables on the next table! After complaining about the uncooked lamb we were advised that the cook was French and that is the way they cook it!

If you drive out from Lichfield in the BMW and want to impress the lady of the moment, then give it a go, but if you moor up outside, best eat on board and save your money for two nights dinner elsewhere!

About half a mile from the canal at bridge 47, just on the edge of the village. Limited menu but good value. I had the Roast of the Day (Turkey) which came with the full range of spuds and veg for just £5.50. Only about another five items on the menu and if you had kids or fussy eaters you might be stuck. (2002 prices)

Doesn't seem to be very busy, at 8.30 pm on a Tuesday night I was the only one in the lounge bar!

Can't remember the name of this one but it is part of the Milestone chain and Milestone is prominent above the door. We were going to try the restaurant right on the canal by bridge 59 but, although it seemed reasonable for lunchtimes, the evening menu seemed a bit expensive so this pub was the nearest.

Pretty standard chain pub fare but a little bit on the expensive side with most meals starting at £8.95. (2002 prices). We had Hunters Chicken (chicken breast with cheese and bacon) and, whilst it was generally fine, the vegetables weren't cooked properly (as they seldom are) and we had to wait a long, long time for the meal. Will we be going back? Probably not.

Lunchtime stop and we hoped to get some sandwiches at least but it was the Jubilee weekend and they didn't seem to be bothered. When asked if they did food, the barmaid said that there were some menus around and if we found something we wanted she would see if they had it!

Couldn't find any menus anywhere so we finished our drinks and had bacon butties on the boat.

Stopped here for lunch and what a lunch! Lunchtime is a Sunday Carvery seven days a week - Beef or Pork with all the trimmings for £4.95! Several other equally cheap alternatives if you fancy something else and a dozen or more puddings for £1.95. This was such a cracking lunch that we didn't bother to eat out that evening. (2002 prices)

We got there just before 12. 30pm and it was a good job we did because it was packed out shortly afterwards with many locals who obviously eat there regularly.

This one definitely gets 5 stars and we will try and stop there for an evening meal next time.

Another chain pub (can't remember which) but very pleasant and reasonably priced, only about fifty yards from the canal. We had a couple of chicken dishes for £6.95 each and a huge piece of fish with chips for £5.95. The fish was so big that mum-in-law couldn't eat it but the waitress offered to wrap half of it in foil, rather than waste it, so she could have it later. It saved us a few bob the following evening. (2002 prices)

A very pleasant evening was had here and with such a short walk back to the boat, you can afford to imbibe a little more than usual!