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Michael’s Birthday Weekend

Posted on 14th March 201810th April 2021 by Mintball | Category: 2018, Michael's Birthday Weekend, Trips

Turn Round Here : Wheelock Winding Hole Start / Finish : Ladybird Moorings Overnight at : Hoolgrave Bridge No 11 Overnight at : Wheelock Visitor Moorings Overnight at : Nantwich Visitor Moorings (south) We’d planned a long weekend to Sandbach and then it turned out it was the same weekend as one of our friend’s […]

Back to Market Drayton

Posted on 12th March 201810th April 2021 by Mintball | Category: 2018, Michael's Birthday Weekend, Trips

From Nantwich Visitor Moorings (south) to Ladybird Moorings, a distance of 11 miles, 4¼ flg and 22 locks. We made pretty good time from Nantwich to Audlem Bottom Lock No 27 and started to work our way up the locks. Start : Nantwich Visitor Moorings (south) Finish : Ladybird Moorings There weren’t really many boats […]

To Nantwich in the rain

Posted on 11th March 201810th April 2021 by Mintball | Category: 2018, Michael's Birthday Weekend, Trips

From Wheelock Visitor Moorings to Nantwich Visitor Moorings (south), a distance of 19 miles, 7½ flg and 9 locks. It was another pretty grey and overcast day when we got up and oddly enough no-one else seemed to be thinking of moving, and it wasn’t long before it started raining again and so we made […]

Sandbach in the Rain

Posted on 10th March 201824th November 2018 by Mintball | Category: 2018, Michael's Birthday Weekend, Trips

From Hoolgrave Bridge No 11 to Wheelock Visitor Moorings, a distance of 12 miles, 2 flg and 9 locks. It was raining when we got up, the sky was a uniform grey but at least it wasn’t too cold. It stopped raining quite quickly but the clouds didn’t clear – and that sort of set […]

Badger.. Badger…Badger…. Arrggghh!!!!!

Posted on 9th March 201824th November 2018 by Mintball | Category: 2018, Michael's Birthday Weekend, Trips

From Ladybird Moorings to Hoolgrave Bridge No 11, a distance of 19 miles, 4 flg and 24 locks. We travelled up to the boat on Thursday night and, after doing a shop at the ASDA, spent a pleasant couple of hours in The Salopian Star drinking beers from the New Brew Brewery before wandering back […]

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