Thursday 9th September We shouldn’t have been so smug yesterday when we passed that long queue at the lock. Why? Because exactly the same thing happened to us today. We arrived…
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Wednesday 8th September What a lovely day it’s been! The weather has been perfect and we have had a good trip of 6 and a half miles and 2 locks…
Tuesday 7th September We have been blessed with much better weather today (only one huge thunder storm this afternoon) and have travelled 4 miles and 6 locks to Calveley. We…
Monday 6th September We have left the bright lights (and noise) of Chester behind and are now at Beeston, overlooking the remains of the castle again. Sunday 5th September Today we…
Saturday 4th September We have been back in Chester since yesterday afternoon, having left the relative peace of our rural mooring of Thursday night. It has been anything but peaceful…
Thursday 2nd September We were speaking to a chap yesterday who told us Ellesmere Port was ‘a shithole’. We went there today and unfortunately we didn’t find it very nice either. When people tell…
I’m back! September already, 5 months out and still only a stone’s throw from Leicester! We have been spending a very nice few days here in the Tower Basin at…
Sunday 29th August We have had a bit of a Curate’s Egg kind of a day today. We have come 3 miles and done 8 large locks including the dreaded…
Saturday 28th August Having travelled 7 and a half miles today (no locks) we are now at Christleton, which is near Chester. After a sunny start, which soon disappeared, it…
Friday 27th August At last, some sun, even if the wind was a bit nippy when the sun went in, it has been a lovely day! We are now on…
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