Just about got a signal this morning to allow me to log into the CRT web site and amend the booking before the 10am cut off.. Set off at 10:30 to get to the lock.. working on the thought that if we get there early, we can moor on the lock landing for an hour […]
It’s a Saturday morning.. the car was booked until Tuesday.. but with bugger all signal here – I think we need to move.. so the car has gone back early (with a refund for the unused days) and were good to go. I’m also back in the bad books.. the toilet tanks full and we […]
We knew that we were not going far until 12pm today.. as the locks would not be open.. so we set off about 11:30 – plenty of time to get to the locks before noon and hopefully be the first down.. Were we the first down.. no chance.. There were 5 waiting to go down.. […]
I will be needing a car for the end of this week and a few phone calls have dictated that we need to go down the Montgomery Canal, as there is a hire company in Owestry and they will pick me up from Queen’s Head – so its a call to the CRT to book […]
Time to move on from Ellesmere.. its been 3 days of rain here, with some hail mixed in – but that’s because Anna got woken up by someone on a boat banging and clanking about – waking her up.. Funnily enough.. the weather report is stating sun with mixed showers now.. but that’s because she’s […]
What a soggy, cold & miserable day.. So there’s not going to be a lot of photos on this one! (As it is, my phone’s bagged so I can at least still see the map and get a track out of it) No locks.. just lift bridges today.. Not doing the Prees Branch – that’s […]
Another bank holiday.. another day of moving 😉 Time to get a little further towards Wales.. we won’t be crossing the border today though.. possibly Wednesday.. as the way the canal routes (with some of it being the border) – its almost like it’s trying to avoid crossing over from England! Managed to get through […]
Time to go back from where we came (or just a little bit).. upto the Middlewich branch to turn round and down back past The Barbridge Inn and to the LLangollen Canal.. Got stuck behind these pair for about a mile.. weaving.. stopping.. bumping.. oh I hope there not turning onto the LLangollen.. And were […]
We set off from the Bunker mooring this morning with a plan to stop in Nantwich for some supplies and to fill the water tank. Dropped through the two locks at Hack Green and arrived in Nantwich.. boat after boat after boat.. and not a single mooring spot to be had.. went through the […]
Time to move on from Audlem – Anna’s away for the weekend, so were going to move a bit further up the canal. Promised the kids we would go and see the heavily advertised Hack Green “Secret” Nuclear bunker.. Its a de-classified privately owned site now, and has been turned into a bit of a […]