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Category Archives: 2007
The Great Fire of Wheaton Aston
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 … Continue reading
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There’s an east wind coming all the same, such a wind as never blew on England yet..
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 … Continue reading
And it shall rain for ever and ever….
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 … Continue reading
North by North East
From Three Mile Post to Penkridge Visitor Moorings (above lock), a distance of 13 miles, 3 flg and 7 locks. Saturday was one of those days that makes boating worth the hassle of keeping a boat. The sun was shining, … Continue reading
Due South
From Ladybird Moorings to Three Mile Post, a distance of 23 miles, 6¼ flg and 6 locks. We had arrived at the mooring on Thursday evening – it took 90 minutes from Cheltenham and we used the motorway (M5 and … Continue reading
A trip to “The Wharf”
We needed to do some work on Mintball to get her ready for the BSS certificate, there wasn’t a huge amount of work to do and it seemed silly to drive all the way to Market Drayton just to do … Continue reading
The Joy of Kidderminster
I really wanted to write something nice about Kidderminster but.. We are moving our canal boat from it’s old moorings at Upton on Severn Marina to its new moorings at Market Drayton so rather than do the entire run over … Continue reading