Category Archives: September Meanderings

From Audlem Visitor Moorings (above wharf) to Ladybird Moorings, a distance of 5 miles, 5½ flg and 16 locks. There was a bit of a scramble of boats setting off from the moorings and we were in a queue of … Continue reading →

From Newton Brewery Inn to Audlem Visitor Moorings (above wharf), a distance of 20 miles, 2½ flg and 13 locks. It was wet and miserable when we got up and we made our way slowly up through the locks to … Continue reading →

From Lymm Visitor Moorings to Newton Brewery Inn, a distance of 27 miles, 2¼ flg and 2 locks. It wasn’t the best of weather when we started off but it actually managed to get a little worse as the day … Continue reading →

From Northwich Visitor Moorings to Lymm Visitor Moorings, a distance of 19 miles, 5 flg and 1 lock. The two week holiday had been planned with quite a bit of slack in it and we didn’t need to get back … Continue reading →

From Acton Swing Bridge to Northwich Visitor Moorings, a distance of 16 miles, 6¾ flg and 5 locks. We woke to rain again and that pretty much was the weather for the whole of the day. The only good thing … Continue reading →

From The Paint Shed Moorings to Acton Swing Bridge, a distance of 20 miles, 2¼ flg and 3 locks. We were booked in on the lift for one of the early slots so this gave us time to back up … Continue reading →

From Wheelock Visitor Moorings to The Paint Shed Moorings, a distance of 16 miles, 2¼ flg and 9 locks. It was raining when we got up, that horrible more than drizzle that seems to soak everything through without even trying … Continue reading →

From Congleton Wharf Moorings to Wheelock Visitor Moorings, a distance of 12 miles, 3½ flg and 27 locks. Crew Swaps needed to be done at Old Broken Cross on Sunday so we knew that we only needed to be in … Continue reading →

From Hazelhurst Junction to Congleton Wharf Moorings, a distance of 20 miles, 6½ flg and 10 locks. One of the reasons for going up the locks the previous night was that it meant that we didn’t face working three locks … Continue reading →

From Basford Bridge No 44 to Hazelhurst Junction, a distance of 12 miles, 6½ flg and 13 locks. It was slightly cool and misty when we got up, and the mist was quite a bit heavier than yesterday but you … Continue reading →