Days 18 and 19
Day 18 no locks today but a number of lift bridges, most of these are for footpaths, private tracks or really small roads but one of the ones we had today allows you to stop the traffic, flashing ligh... Read More
Days 16 and 17
Day 16 we moved from the Shropshire Union canal onto the Llangollen canal. This is probably one of the most popular canals, and certainly one of the most recognised; nearly everyone knows about the Po... Read More
Days 12 to 15
Day 12 was a true turning point in the weather and consequently the way we feel. Just as well as we are back to board canals (harder work to do the locks). Starting the day at Nantwich early to try to... Read More
Days 10 and 11
Slow start to day 10 as the weather was atrocious; followed the boat moored in front of us through a very narrow part of the canal (Woodseaves cutting), fortunately we didn’t meet anyone. Went d... Read More
Days 5 to 9
Days with great contrasts. Day 5 saw us approaching Birmingham outskirts, weather was horrid, really quite wet and cold. fortunately only a few locks but those were troublesome. There really was no on... Read More
Days 3 and 4
Dragonfly sculpture at top of Hatton flight and Southern Hawker with “Rachel”, hire boat from Kate boats at top of Hatton Flight We left Warwick early as we knew we had 23 locks ahead of u... Read More
Days 1 and 2
Finally getting my blog going, a bit late I know but we have to start somewhere. The plan to do this from the first day went awry as about two hours into our adventure and halfway down a flight of l... Read More- 6 of 6
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