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Swing bridges and winding holes

From Crooke Bridge No 47 to Crabtree Swing Bridge No 32, a distance of 28 miles, 1¼ flg and 2 locks. If there are any sections of canal that Mintball could cruise without anyone at the helm then this would … Continue reading

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Old stomping grounds

From Worsley Visitor Moorings to Crooke Bridge No 47, a distance of 16 miles, 3½ flg and 6 locks. It felt odd being in Worsley again. The last time I remember being moored here we were moored behind “Tinkerbelle”, which … Continue reading

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Where it all began

From Acton Bridge No 209 to Worsley Visitor Moorings, a distance of 29 miles, ½ flg and 1 lock. An early start saw us heading north, hoping that we’d got the timings right to get through the tunnel. When we … Continue reading

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Up and down the Lift

From Marbury Woods Footbridge to Acton Bridge No 209, a distance of 12 miles, 3¾ flg and 2 locks. It’s odd how plans change. When we originally planned this trip we’d talked about doing the Anderton Lift but we’d bounced … Continue reading

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To The Woods!

From Nantwich Visitor Moorings (north) to Marbury Woods Footbridge, a distance of 22 miles, 7 flg and 8 locks. Despite a good evening drinking in The Vine, where Nick and I had several pints of some very good pints of … Continue reading

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Nantwich or Bust!

From Ladybird Moorings to Nantwich Visitor Moorings (north), a distance of 11 miles, 7 flg and 22 locks. Kathy and I had come up the night before and had grabbed supper at The Talbot and had basically got everything ready … Continue reading

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A Sunday in Spring

By the time Sunday arrived spring was long gone. Admittedly the mist had cleared and the Wrekin was visible once more but there were low scudding clouds, a complete lack of sunshine and, as is always the case with this … Continue reading

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Spring Saturday

Kathy and I arrived on Friday evening and got the boat loaded up and tried a couple of experiments with the new curtains. On Saturday morning we got up and cast off and moved over to the waterpoint. The water … Continue reading

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Audlem – or why do we bother boating?

From Nantwich Aqueduct to Ladybird Moorings, a distance of 11 miles, 5½ flg and 22 locks. It was raining and blowing a gale when we got up – not a good start for the last day of a holiday, or … Continue reading

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Everyone Needs a little Salt in their Diet

From Cow Lane Bridge No 123E to Nantwich Aqueduct, a distance of 18 miles, 7 flg and 11 locks. None of us were feeling particularly rested when we got up on Sunday morning. The highlight of the rather disturbed night … Continue reading

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