Day 65 and we started at 0730 to get the rest of the Atherstone flight done before it got too hot. Those who know J will know that is this quite momentous as early mornings are not her thing but needs...Read More
Day 63 was a late start as we wanted to buy oil to complete the oil change and diesel and the marina office didn’t open until 10am. Finally got going about 1130. A real day for wild life. Saw a ...Read More
Day 61 and plenty of jobs to do; huge amounts of washing after our mini break, our visitors and not wanting to do washing with visitors on board (no fair to aske them to sit among our smalls ;-)), oil...Read More
Day 58 having arrived back at the marina the previous evening with my cousin Karen and her family (husband Steve, and daughters Hannah and Lily) D and Steve took their hire car to King’s Bromley...Read More
Day 50 and some work to do, we set off early to try to get Bosley flight done before lunchtime. Lots of CRT volunteers near the top, slight delay to wait for boat coming up which was struggling with l...Read More
Day 47 started a bit overcast, the boat moored behind us moved off whilst we were having breakfast and didn’t come back so we were pretty certain the bridge had been fixed. D found a key in the ...Read More
Delayed update due to being out of communication. The weather has been really warm and the May has been overtaken by Elderflower and wild roses, summer really is moving on. The ducklings, goslings and...Read More
A lazy few days, what locks there are are operated by CRT staff. We spent day 39 on the moorings at Northwich and did a bit of shopping, Waitrose just opposite mooring, oh joy (J such a food snob) rea...Read More
Day 37 we left Middlewich fairly early and found a very low pound between the second and third locks we went through, the lock full of water that went down with us was just enough to let us go through...Read More