From Audlem Visitor Moorings (above wharf) to Ladybird Moorings, a distance of 5 miles, 5½ flg and 16 locks. There was a bit of a scramble of boats setting off from the moorings and we were in a queue of boats going up the locks – but they were, for the most part, moderately quick […]
From Newton Brewery Inn to Audlem Visitor Moorings (above wharf), a distance of 20 miles, 2½ flg and 13 locks. It was wet and miserable when we got up and we made our way slowly up through the locks to Middlewich Junction and onto the Middlewich branch. We had to wait for a bit at […]
From Lymm Visitor Moorings to Newton Brewery Inn, a distance of 27 miles, ¼ flg and 2 locks. It wasn’t the best of weather when we started off but it actually managed to get a little worse as the day went on which given how the weather had been recently shouldn’t have surprised us one […]
From Northwich Visitor Moorings to Lymm Visitor Moorings, a distance of 19 miles, 5 flg and 1 lock. The two week holiday had been planned with quite a bit of slack in it and we didn’t need to get back to the moorings before the weekend so we decided that we’d take a bit of […]
From Acton Swing Bridge to Northwich Visitor Moorings, a distance of 16 miles, 6¾ flg and 5 locks. We woke to rain again and that pretty much was the weather for the whole of the day. The only good thing about rain on a river is that most of the crew can hide inside and […]
From Old Check Office Bridge No 199 to Acton Swing Bridge, a distance of 20 miles, ¾ flg and 3 locks. We were booked in on the lift for one of the early slots so this gave us time to back up to the services and fill up with water and use the shower facilities, […]
From Wheelock Visitor Moorings to Old Check Office Bridge No 199, a distance of 16 miles, 2½ flg and 9 locks. It was raining when we got up, that horrible more than drizzle that seems to soak everything through without even trying and although the sun was shining it was shining in a sky was […]
From Congleton Wharf Moorings to Wheelock Visitor Moorings, a distance of 12 miles, 3½ flg and 27 locks. Crew Swaps needed to be done at Old Broken Cross on Sunday so we knew that we only needed to be in Sandbach by the end of today – it’s a bit of a walk from the […]
From Hazelhurst Junction to Congleton Wharf Moorings, a distance of 20 miles, 7¼ flg and 10 locks. One of the reasons for going up the locks the previous night was that it meant that we didn’t face working three locks immediately after casting off. Instead we could chug along the summit enjoying the views and […]
From Basford Bridge No 44 to Hazelhurst Junction, a distance of 12 miles, 6¾ flg and 13 locks. It was slightly cool and misty when we got up, and the mist was quite a bit heavier than yesterday but you could still see where you were going without too much difficulty. Turn Round Here : […]