From Fox Bridge No 52 to Ladybird Moorings, a distance of 4 miles, 5¾ flg and 5 locks. It made a change to be woken up not by the sound of rain on the roof but by the sound of bird song and bright sunshine streaming in round the curtains – could it be that […]
From High Green Bridge No 14 to Fox Bridge No 52, a distance of 19 miles, 5¼ flg and 1 lock. So early Sunday morning I’m lying in bed listening to the rain hammering on the roof of the boat, then I fell asleep and when I woke up it was lighter and the rain […]
From Ladybird Moorings to High Green Bridge No 14, a distance of 21 miles, 6½ flg and 6 locks. After a rather pleasant evening in Market Drayton, where we only actually went to two pubs (The King’s Arms and The Clive and Cofynne), and a rather later return to the boat than we’d planned, we […]
Turn Round Here : Park Lodge Winding Hole Start / Finish : Ladybird Moorings Overnight at : High Green Bridge No 14 Overnight at : Fox Bridge No 52 Mintball needs some fuel and a pump out so we decided to roll that up into a long weekend on the canal and investigate some of […]
Well the plans are falling slowly into place. The early May Bank Holiday weekend should see Mintball heading south down the Shroppie towards Brewood. Along the way we intend to fuel up and get a pump out at Norbury Junction, see what is going on at the boat gathering there and also spend some time […]
Well we have had the confirmation emails and so Mintball will be doing the Liverpool Link this Summer. It’s been quite a while since we last went to the middle of Liverpool – that was for a rally at Stanley Dock so it will be good to see how things have changed since then.