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Stump People
We pulled pins from our mooring on the Middlewich branch at 08.20 and started cruising towards the junction at Barbridge with the Shropshire Union Canal. After turning left at the junction there is a...
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This is a short video that I made of us entering the second lock up on the Tyrley lock flight. It's one lock approach that I absolutely love because of the amount of By-wash that hits you from the...
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Aloha !!
The Canal and River trust with a sense of humour, Can’t say I’ve seen any cute fuzzy ducklings or green hopping frogs.We had a late start from Gnosall and never pulled pins until 10.00 after saying...
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Toilet town
Pressing on towards Arewas and Carolyn managed to get this picture at Tixall lock. Not a clue what sort it is but I’m told it looks very pretty.The Elizabethan gatehouse at Tixall wide as we passed...
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Alrewas
Pulling pins from our mooring just outside of Armitage at 08.10 and we soon passed this house. How perfect can you get with your logs, I will have to try and make our roof look just as good if I can...
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Even more boat names
How many times have I heard Carolyn say where’s the Thingy..You should always have one of these .Liked this one ,but not a clue what it’s about.We have seen plenty of Grey Herons but not a Blue...
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His n Hers
After a few good days in Alrewas it was time to move . We pulled pins at 07.35 and reversed back around the corner to the winding hole before going back up Alrewas lock .Passing up through Moor lock...
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All Oaks
Pulling pins from our mooring at Mancetter just before 08.30 we soon passed this boat, I’ve only ever seen a couple of boats with solar water heating and wondered if it was worth having. I would have...
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Lost rope found !
We pulled pins from All Oaks at 08.30 and soon passed this CRT guy doing some towpath upgrades just before Newbold tunnel. It looks like they are trying to put some sort of drainage system in. Great...
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Dunchurch ?
With Carolyn back down in Devon I’m left alone and the only thing to do whilst by myself is to catch up with all those jobs that I keep putting off. As the saying goes there’s always something to do...
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Dopey Angler !
We decided on an early start for our trip up the Braunston flight of locks. After pulling ropes through rings at 07.40 we needed to empty our toilet cassette at the service point near the stop house....
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Wide beam ?
We pulled ropes through rings at 09.40 from our mooring at Norton junction and we were joined on the flight by a single hander boater. Fortunately he was one of the better one’s and was more than...
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Through MK (Milton Keynes)
We pulled pins from our mooring at Grafton Regis at 07.45 and had ahead of us a cruise of about 6 hours to Fenny Stratford . Reaching Cosgrove and we were lucky to get a hand down the lock by a...
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Blog Followers
We pulled ropes through rings at 09.10 from Fenny Stratford and headed through the 12 inch rise lock and on towards Soulbury 3 locks. Then it was just our luck to meet this widebeam Hotel boat in a...
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boat names
With it being my Birthday today (fifty bloody eight, although I don’t look it .Ha ha) I just thought that a few funny boat names would be good to have a chuckle at.. Now back to the red wine....
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Heron race
We pulled pins from below Seabrook lock no34 at 08.45 and found Richard and Jules on their fuel boats approaching the lock. Carolyn gave them a hand to lock down and had a natter with them. Jules said...
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Pop up
We pulled pins from Berkhamsted at 08.15 and entered the lock at the end of the Waitrose pound. This has to be one of the most popular mooring spots on this part of the Grand union . When we got here...
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Abandoned !
We were awoken early from our mooring at Kings Langley by voices outside. Looking out of our cratch we saw six men boarding the boat moored in front of us. After quickly getting dressed I went out...
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Pennsylvania
We were lucky to pick up this mooring at the top of Rickmansworth (5th boat down). These moorings are all 14 day and are normally full when ever we pass through. We have a few days to wait until our...
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