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On to the Mackie
After leaving the River Weaver we passed this boat…I Wonder who they worked for ??? On Wednesday we called in to Middlewich to do a food and wine shop as the Tesco store is fairly close to the...
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Peak Forest canal
On Wednesday morning we pulled pins from our mooring above Bosley locks at 08. 30 and pushed on towards the Peak Forest canal. There are several swing bridges and lift bridges to operate and Carolyn...
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Love hearts
After a very noisy night in Bugsworth Basin thanks to the A6 road we pulled pins at 07.45 and headed out of the basin. Passing past the old managers house where they used to measure the depth of the...
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Haunted Harecastle Tunnel
After a few very enjoyable days on the Macclesfield and Peak Forest canals it was time to get on our way and start heading back down South via the river Soar. Carolyn just couldn’t resist a final bowl...
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Star Struck
After spending the night at Shugborough hall at Great Haywood we headed towards Rugeley and luckily the fuel barge was open so we filled up with 113 litres of diesel at 79 pence per litre . It was...
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River Soar
I forgot to put this picture in the last blog…Its Carolyn and Fran returning from their shopping trip to Derby. They only went to get Fran a new phone , but returned with 4 full shopping bags …. Maybe...
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Leicester ….What a shame
We pulled pins in Birstall at 06.10 and while Carolyn was preparing the lock i was confronted with 3 hire boats moored on the lock landing , I held Inca in the lock approach until the gates opened...
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Double trouble arrives….
On Saturday after a night moored just before Foxton locks we pulled pins at 08 00 and arrived at the locks 15 minutes later to find we were the fifth boat in line to go up.Carolyn had her work cut...
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Hard work for Chloe (That’s a first)
After getting soaking wet going through Blissworth tunnel (my fault because I told her it would be dry) Chloe soon got to work on the Stoke Bruerne flight of locks. I don’t think she realized how...
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Towpath workout
On our mooring at Pitstone Carolyn and Curly do a Towpath workout. After a bit of heavy rain on Sunday morning the afternoon turned out good with some long periods of sunshine.While the girls are...
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Billy no mates
We are still at the end of the Wendover arm and enjoying the peace and tranquility of the area. We feel a bit like Billy no mates as we are the only boat moored at the end , but its just the way we...
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Peace and Tranquility
Still up the Wendover arm and still enjoying the peace and tranquility. Carolyn and Curly decided to do a bit of fishing and set up in the corner of the basin. After a couple of hours of perseverance...
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Attitude
There was no way we were going to move on Saturday as Curly was having so much fun in the park at Berkhamsted. As well as all the usual children's swings and slides they have exercise apparatus...
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London bound
On Tuesday morning we pulled pins from our mooring at Rickmansworth and headed towards Cowley Peachy. We passed this chap hanging around on the way. Below Coy Carp lock is the canoe slalom course. The...
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Buckingham Palace
On Thursday morning we made the walk from Paddington basin across hide park and then down Constitution hill to Buckingham Palace. I have never seen such a big crowd of people , there were thousands...
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Getting to like London
With a small crowd starting to gather opposite our mooring we knew it must be Rolling bridge time in Paddington Basin. It is lifted every Friday at 12.00 by the security staff in the basin.Up she...
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Save the Ashby
I copied this from Jameisons Afloat blog. We did the Ashby canal last year and it is a lovely canal to cruise on. I also love to Fish , but there is no reason why everyone can not get on together....
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Leaving London
This boat came into Paddington basin looking for a mooring and all looks normal as it passes us and goes up to the end of the basin to wind (turn).When it turns it becomes a completely different...
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Crocodiles
On Friday morning we pulled pins from our mooring opposite the farm where they filmed Black Beauty back in the seventies and headed for the Tesco moorings in Rickmansworth. It seems we didn't get...
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A few stats on a wet day
We ended up not moving on Sunday and decided to have a bit of a lazy day. We then woke on Monday morning to heavy rain and as Carolyn didn't fancy getting wet we decided to have another day on our...
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