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Work on Canalplan
I was going to be scanning and OCRing a lot of the old Mintball blogs over the past week but we’ve been working on moving Canalplan over to HTTPS.. With Firefox and other browsers getting more and more critical of … Continue reading
First historic logs now online
The first two logs from our early canal holidays are now up and on-line. They’re pretty minimal with not a lot of detail and no photos- although I’m hoping to find some contemporary photos to add to them. I’m going … Continue reading
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Historic holiday logs
Clearing out our parents house after our mothers death we have collected together all the “canal logs” that she kept, dating right back to our first trip on a boat from Anderton Marina : we were going to go up … Continue reading
It’s raining locks
From Wrenbury Church Visitor Moorings to Ladybird Moorings, a distance of 19 miles, 7¼ flg and 31 locks. It was a little misty when we cast off, but that’s part of the attraction of boating at this time of year. … Continue reading
Posted in 2016, Liverpool, September 2016, Trips
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Detour to the Bhurtpore
From Middlewich Visitor Moorings (Middlewich Branch) to Wrenbury Church Visitor Moorings, a distance of 19 miles, 5 flg and 12 locks. No-one was on the move when we got up, but that seems quite usual for Middlewich and we pretty … Continue reading
Posted in 2016, Liverpool, September 2016, Trips
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Lift, No Lift
From Dutton Stop Lock No 76 to Middlewich Visitor Moorings (Middlewich Branch), a distance of 16 miles, 4¼ flg and 5 locks. We had a couple of alternative plans – we could do a bit of time on The Weaver, … Continue reading
Posted in 2016, Liverpool, September 2016, Trips
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Escape from The Bridgewater
From Worsley Visitor Moorings to Dutton Stop Lock No 76, a distance of 26 miles, 6 flg and 1 lock. There were no specific plans for today, apart from being in Lymm sometime round lunch so we could pick up … Continue reading
Posted in 2016, Liverpool, September 2016, Trips
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Of locks, bridges and gearboxes
From Parbold Bridge No 37D to Worsley Visitor Moorings, a distance of 21 miles, ½ flg and 8 locks. The objective for the day was simple – get to Plank Lane Bridge No 8 before 2pm which was pretty easy … Continue reading
Posted in 2016, Liverpool, September 2016
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The rain stays mainly on the plain
From Halsall Warehouse Bridge No 25 to Parbold Bridge No 37D, a distance of 9 miles, 1½ flg. We woke up and it was raining, and it rained for pretty much most of the day. So we changed our plans … Continue reading
Posted in 2016, Liverpool, September 2016, Trips
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(The) Leaving of Liverpool
From Salthouse Dock to Halsall Warehouse Bridge No 25, a distance of 19 miles, 4½ flg and 6 locks. It was a pleasant morning when we got up early so we could be at Mann Island Lock No 6 by … Continue reading
Posted in 2016, Liverpool, September 2016, Trips
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