Kathy got up early and went off bird hunting but there was neither sight nor sound of it and she came back with just a few general scenic shots. The day had started off sunny but it clouded over and the wind which had been coolish all weekend went noticeably colder. If the weather was […]
The mile of canal from the 48 hour moorings near Hunting Bridge No 7 to the winding hole by Upper Hattons Bridge No 5 has an embankment, a cutting, a couple of bridges, a rather smelly farm, some open fields and a Motorway -its a microcosm of the entire canal. The winding hole at Upper […]
There is one advantage of heading south on the Shropshire Union and that is that after Tyrley there is only the single lock at Wheaton Aston which means that the day can be spent relaxing, reading, listening to music or just watching the world go by. There is one disadvantage however : the what feels […]
Well the planned weekend didn’t get off to a good start. Kathy took one of our cats to the vet because she’s been loosing weight (more than she should have been doing). She came out from the vets and the car wouldn’t start. Called the break down people who said it would be an hour […]
The next morning Kathy (who doesn’t often lie in at the weekends, compared to me who will lie in at the drop of a hat) got up early and took some photos, hoping to catch some atmospheric shots before the canal filled up with boats. She took several photos which are on her Flickr site […]
Despite being moored opposite the long term moorings (a couple of boats had had their engines running into the mid/late evening) it was a very quiet night. We decided to make an earlish start just in case there was a long queue at the lock, so having pulled up our mooring pins we chugged past […]
We arrived at the moorings on Thursday night at about 9:15 having left Cheltenham just after 7pm – we’d been held up by a couple of slow vehicles after we had come off the motorway. As it was too late to move we stayed on the moorings and sat on the front deck of the […]
Well the BSS work was finally complete (See Steve’s Blog for more info ) so today we headed up to Norbury Junction to pick up the boat and return it to its moorings at Market Drayton .It was nice to see some sun and to be back on the canals. There was a moderate amount […]
From Gnosall Visitor Moorings (south) to Ladybird Moorings, a distance of 14 miles, flg and 5 locks. After the rain and wind that had made Sunday one of those days that make you wonder why you go boating Monday had to be better, and in some ways it was, but in many ways it wasn’t. […]
From Penkridge Visitor Moorings (above lock) to Gnosall Visitor Moorings (south), a distance of 23 miles, 1 flg and 8 locks. Well what can be said about Sunday 27th of May 2007 that doesn’t involve lots of descriptions of rain Start : Penkridge Visitor Moorings (above lock) Finish : Gnosall Visitor Moorings (south) We got […]