Monthly Archives: September 2017

Back to the Moorings

In which the crew of Mintball make their way back to their moorings and encounter a Lost Soul on the way…. Continue reading

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Misty Morning and then sunshine.

Mist greets the crew when they get up but slowly the weather gets better – good enough in fact to sit in a beer garden for a while. Continue reading

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Willey Moor again… don’t know where……

From The Jack Mytton Inn (closed) to Willey Moor Lock Visitor Moorings, a distance of 21 miles, 1¾ flg and 8 locks. After a good nights sleep we got up and cast off and headed off down a, once again, … Continue reading

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In to, and out of, Llangollen

From Froncysyllte Visitor Moorings (east) to The Jack Mytton Inn (closed), a distance of 19 miles and 2 locks. Although there was a lot of industry around the canal it is long gone and in many places there isn’t any … Continue reading

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Into Wales…..

From Chemistry Bridge to Froncysyllte Visitor Moorings (east), a distance of 25 miles, 3¼ flg and 2 locks. Once you’ve reached Whitchurch you’ve pretty much done all the locks on the canal but you’ve hardly started on the lift bridges … Continue reading

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Onwards and upwards to Whitchurch

From Marsh Lane Visitor Moorings to Chemistry Bridge, a distance of 16 miles, 3¼ flg and 19 locks. The odd thing about the visitor moorings in Nantwich is that they always seem to be full but there never seems to … Continue reading

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Quietly to Nantwich

From Tom’s Moorings to Marsh Lane Visitor Moorings, a distance of 11 miles, 3¼ flg and 22 locks. We had a fairly late start as we drove up from home in the morning, so we only actually left the moorings … Continue reading

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