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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 just after 10:30am, and as usual the canal was pretty quiet, but the weather could […]
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 no moving boats until we got to Goldstone Wharf where we met a boat that […]
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 starting to collect near Coven Heath Pipe Bridge – obviously the sewage works outfall attracts […]
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 down towards Autherley Junction. There weren’t very many boats on the move at all and […]
Turn Round Here : Calf Heath Bridge No 77 Start / Finish : Ladybird Moorings Overnight at : Shushions Bridge No 21 Overnight at : The Anchor Inn (Cross Green) Overnight at : Shebdon Visitor Moorings Starting at Ladybird Moorings and finishing at Ladybird Moorings with overnight stops at : Shushions Bridge No 21, The […]
From Ladybird Moorings to Shushions Bridge No 21, a distance of 17 miles, 4½ flg and 5 locks. We had a bit of a lie in because we were just out for a leisurely weekend. Over night the all singing and dancing Smart Meter system had decided to turn itself off… we’ve no idea when […]
From Nantwich Visitor Moorings (south) to Ladybird Moorings, a distance of 11 miles, 4¼ flg and 22 locks. When we were at Audlem on our way out on the Friday one of the single handed boats was stopping on the visitor moorings and told us that “tomorrow is going going to be really hot”. Of […]
From Wheelock Visitor Moorings to Nantwich Visitor Moorings (south), a distance of 19 miles, 7¼ flg and 9 locks. It was another damp morning when we set off on our way back, wetter than Saturday morning and it really didn’t look like it was going to change much at all, so we envisaged just being […]
From Hoolgrave Bridge No 11 to Wheelock Visitor Moorings, a distance of 12 miles, 2 flg and 9 locks. It was slightly later than planned when everyone woke up – I guess the fresh air, exercise and beer really did its stuff. It was a bit damp when we opened the doors and got the […]
A long weekend to Sandbach – a place which despite boating all these years we’d never actually visited. Overnighting at places we knew we could get good beer Turn Round Here : Wheelock Winding Hole Start / Finish : Ladybird Moorings Overnight at : Hoolgrave Bridge No 11 Overnight at : Wheelock Visitor Moorings Overnight […]