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Free entertainment !!
Moored at Ellesmere on the junction and this has to be the best free canal entertainment we have ever had. We have never seen so many collisions and near misses in all our boating days. We are even...
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Chilling in Ellesmere
Ellesmere on the Llangollen canal is a good place to spend a couple of days and is one of the only places on the Llangollen that offer 72 hour moorings.As well as a Tesco next to the canal there is...
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Welcome to Wales
After pulling pins from St Martins moor we soon pass this sign. Its on the towpath side which is a perfectly OK place to moor We see this in a lot of places where people buy a house next to a canal...
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Stream in the sky
Well here we go again. Do I love this or what !!. Known as The Stream In The Sky it has to be the greatest buzz you can get on any canal in the World.With railings on one side.And a shear drop on the...
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Llangollen
Yet another early start and we pulled pins at 07.15 for the final leg of our journey into the basin at Llangollen . As you enter Llangollen the canal becomes one way working due to the width , so you...
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Leaving Llangollen
After a brilliant couple of days in Llangollen its time to leave and at 07.40 we untie ropes and head out of the basin and then back down the Llangollen canal.There was only one thing that put a...
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Crash bang Wallop !!!
Arriving back at Ellesmere and it seems there is trouble just around the corner. It just happens that a day boat with an inexperienced crew has hit a few boats and there are some very unhappy boaters...
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Lost
Whilst out for a walk recently in Ellesmere we got well and truly lost and some how ended up here…. How bizarre !!!...
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Heading South
After a brilliant time as always on the Llangollen we eventually make it back on to The Shropshire union canal and start heading South for the Winter ,just like the Birds do.Passing through Nantwich...
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No zull
After pulling pins at 08.15 we make our way to the always busy Norbury Junction.OOPS !!! Two boats will not fit through a single bridge hole. Neither of these boaters were prepared to give up the...
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Good lad
He's a good Lad is our Hamish. When the locks are close together he will always walk with Carolyn and then patiently wait until we are through the lock. It was another good days cruise down to Tixall...
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Organised
We pulled/lifted or what ever you do with nappy/Armco pins at 07.00 from our mooring at Rugeley and soon hit the narrows where Carolyn had to go ahead on foot to make sure it was clear for us to...
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Dodgy Mooring
This is the picture of one of our recent moorings by this magnificent Oak tree.It was only when we left the following morning that we could see how dodgy this mooring was. The tree was as rotten as...
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Heading South
Pulling pins from Fazeley junction at 07.15 we soon get to Glascote locks. Lock 13 on the Coventry canal has to be one of the slowest locks on the system.In fact it even has a poem written about...
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That time of year again
The arguing falling out discussions have already started about whether we should light the fire or not. Carolyn seems to feel the cold a lot more than I do and telling her to put her coat on of an...
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Dr Who
As we travel towards Nuneaton we have never seen so many bikes that have been pulled out if the canal and left on the towpath. Didn't see the Doctor , but there could be a Dalek loitering somewhere on...
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Captive for a while
After a peaceful night at Hawkesbury junction we pulled pins at 08.10 and soon passed the old engine house.We then made the turn under the bridge and left the Coventry canal and then through the stop...
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Boaters let down…..again !
We have recently been in Braunston and if you had wanted to use one of the 2 elsans in this so called centre of the canal system just forget it .The one by Midlands Chandlers has been unavailable for...
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PRV
Its plumbing time .We have been having a few problems lately with our pressure relief valve (PRV) on our calorifier. Every time we used any water the PRV would operate and start emptying all of our...
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Pull harder
After a night at Braunston and after carrying out our PRV change on our calorifier we head back to Rugby to do a shop at the Tesco store at Brownsover.The picture above shows the car park empty, but...
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