Category Archives: 2017
Back to the Moorings
In which the crew of Mintball make their way back to their moorings and encounter a Lost Soul on the way…. Continue reading
Misty Morning and then sunshine.
Mist greets the crew when they get up but slowly the weather gets better – good enough in fact to sit in a beer garden for a while. Continue reading
Willey Moor again… don’t know where……
From The Jack Mytton Inn (closed) to Willey Moor Lock Visitor Moorings, a distance of 21 miles, 1¾ flg and 8 locks. After a good nights sleep we got up and cast off and headed off down a, once again, … Continue reading
In to, and out of, Llangollen
From Froncysyllte Visitor Moorings (east) to The Jack Mytton Inn (closed), a distance of 19 miles and 2 locks. Although there was a lot of industry around the canal it is long gone and in many places there isn’t any … Continue reading
Into Wales…..
From Chemistry Bridge to Froncysyllte Visitor Moorings (east), a distance of 25 miles, 3¼ flg and 2 locks. Once you’ve reached Whitchurch you’ve pretty much done all the locks on the canal but you’ve hardly started on the lift bridges … Continue reading
Onwards and upwards to Whitchurch
From Marsh Lane Visitor Moorings to Chemistry Bridge, a distance of 16 miles, 3¼ flg and 19 locks. The odd thing about the visitor moorings in Nantwich is that they always seem to be full but there never seems to … Continue reading
Quietly to Nantwich
From Ladybird Moorings to Marsh Lane Visitor Moorings, a distance of 11 miles, 3¼ flg and 22 locks. We had a fairly late start as we drove up from home in the morning, so we only actually left the moorings … Continue reading
Back to Market Drayton
From Shebdon Visitor Moorings to Ladybird Moorings, a distance of 7 miles, 5¼ flg and 5 locks. We made an earlyish start, but still not that early and, once again, no boats were on the move… in fact we saw … Continue reading
Back to the Wharf
From The Anchor Inn (Cross Green) to Shebdon Visitor Moorings, a distance of 21 miles, 7¾ flg and 2 locks. We had another moderately lazy start but still managed to get moving before any of the other boats. Anglers were … Continue reading
Convening the Coven
From Shushions Bridge No 21 to The Anchor Inn (Cross Green), a distance of 19 miles, 2¾ flg and 2 locks. We had a bit of a lie in as we weren’t in any real rush, and made our way … Continue reading