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Category Archives: 2007
Audlem – or why do we bother boating?
From Nantwich Aqueduct to Ladybird Moorings, a distance of 11 miles, 5½ flg and 22 locks. It was raining and blowing a gale when we got up – not a good start for the last day of a holiday, or … Continue reading
Posted in 2007, Chester Trip, Trips
Tagged audlem, Nantwich
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Everyone Needs a little Salt in their Diet
From Cow Lane Bridge No 123E to Nantwich Aqueduct, a distance of 18 miles, 7 flg and 11 locks. None of us were feeling particularly rested when we got up on Sunday morning. The highlight of the rather disturbed night … Continue reading
Antiqui Colant Antiquum Dierum
From Beeston Stone Lock No 33 to Cow Lane Bridge No 123E, a distance of 11 miles, 2¼ flg and 7 locks. Beeston Iron lock was totally empty when we got to it the next morning, so we bounced the … Continue reading
Locks, Stock and Secret Nuclear Bunkers
From Ladybird Moorings to Beeston Stone Lock No 33, a distance of 19 miles, 2½ flg and 26 locks. After an evening checking out some of the pubs in Market Drayton we made a moderately early start. Not a traditional … Continue reading
Posted in 2007, Chester Trip, Trips
Tagged Beeston, Braunston, market drayton, Nantwich
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Back to the mooring
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 … Continue reading
Posted in 2007, August Bank Holiday, Trips
Tagged grub street, kestrel, tyrley
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To the cutting
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 … Continue reading
Posted in 2007, August Bank Holiday, Trips
Tagged grub street, kestrel, midges
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Three Mile Post
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 … Continue reading
Posted in 2007, August Bank Holiday, Trips
Tagged brewood, gnosall, norbury, wheaton aston
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What is it about Tyrley Locks?
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 … Continue reading
Posted in 2007, August Bank Holiday, Trips
Tagged Challenger, goldstone, tyrley
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Halcyon days
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 … Continue reading
Posted in 2007, Trips
Tagged gnosall, market drayton, norbury, tyrley, woodseaves
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Geneshale, knows Al !
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 … Continue reading