Another very wet morning as we slipped the moorings at Branston water park for our run up to Willington. The rain was a bit persistant as we made good headway spotting another famous bloggers boat at Horninglow basin in the shape of narrowboat Granny Buttons. With the last lock of the day at Burton done […]
The plan today was to go down the Coventry canal and make our way to Northampton, but with news from home about our house sale we have to return to Suffolk. So an early start this morning as we have decided to head back to Mercia marina and leave the boat there. We called them around […]
We awoke this morning to heavy rain and it looked like it was going to hang around, so after checking the engine oil and water,oh and of course the crayfish trap (yet again more fish than crays) we set off. Soon the first of what was to be five locks in total today came into view, […]
A later start today, it was 10:30 when we set off from Barleston this morning. Although overcast it was warm. After about an hour we came to the Meaford flight of four locks. Our passage through was good with no issues and once through we headed for Stone. Coming into Stone we arrived at the […]
It was obviously not going to be a good day when we found the crayfish net contained four roach, four gudgeon and only one crayfish. All were released without harm. Soon we had passed through hall green lock – a tiny one which only lowered the boat by one foot – compared to some which are […]
We left Bollington in glorious sunshine with hardley a breath of wind. We had decided to top up the water in Macclesfield and whilst there we went into the town to obtain supplies. Leaving Macclesfield after lunch we made our way to the moorings just prior to the Bosley top lock where we would moor […]
At around 09:30 we set off to make our way back to Bollington. We had only been on the move for around 15 minutes and it started to rain but not heavy. Arriving at Marple Junction we turned off the Peak Forest and back onto the Trent and Mersey canal, stopping for water and loo […]
We set off this morning in glorious sunshine at around 09:15, a short stop at the Marple junction water point for a top up and we were on our way. Out of the junction and turn right and we joined the Peak Forest canal. About an hour into the trip and it started to rain […]
A lazy start today setting off around 10:30. Our plan was to go to Marple Junction, stopping off at Higher Poynton on the way for water. Because of the lack of water the canal was low and several boats ended up aground when passing. Nearing Higher Poynton there were several Braidbar boats around . These are built in […]
Glorious sunshine greeted us as we arose this morning. After breakfast it was time to set off the couple of miles to Macclesfield to drop Ben And Claire at the railway station for their return jorney to Surrey. Mooring up near bridge 37 we all walked into town for some shopping and to find the railway […]