{"id":444,"date":"2010-05-21T18:40:19","date_gmt":"2010-05-21T18:40:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.waveneytales.com\/?p=444"},"modified":"2010-05-21T18:40:19","modified_gmt":"2010-05-21T18:40:19","slug":"four-lane-ends-to-strines","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.waveneytales.com\/?p=444","title":{"rendered":"Four Lane Ends to Strines"},"content":{"rendered":"

Thursday 20th may.<\/span><\/p>\n

We spent yesterday (wed) at Four Lane Ends. Ken blacked the side of the boat and I did general cleaning. After this we went off, sans pooch, to Poynton in search of a shop. This\u00a0proved to be\u00a0a fairly long and ultimately unsuccessful mission. We subsequently found out that the shops were a further 2 miles from where we had got to! During our wanderings we were asked by a couple of gentlemen\u00a0where the ‘Miner’s Arms’ was and\u00a0you’ll be surprised to hear we actually knew, as we had passed it earlier on! They were impressed. One of these chaps\u00a0came from Cromer, would you believe? He recognised my accent straight away. We met them again later – at the Miner’s Arms, surely not?<\/span><\/p>\n

Today we have travelled 6 miles to Strines, on the Peak Forest Canal. Actually with all the reversing and manouvreing we have had to do to moor up and get ourselves ungrounded several times,\u00a0it is probably more like 10 miles! While filling with water this morning we asked at the High Poynton chandlery about the shops and it was here we learned they were 2 miles away. The chap there suggested we try High Lane as the garage there sold papers. After some considerable difficulty mooring up in High Lane (shallow again!) we discovered that the garage did not sell papers. There were quite a few shops in the street and if you wanted a hair cut, false nails, bacon barms (I’ve only just got used to calling them cobs!), a false tan,\u00a0a mortgage or a funeral you were well served. Anything useful and it was a no no. We returned to the boat with\u00a0the\u00a0idea of\u00a0taking George to the pub we had seen open just up the tow path. However, when we returned with him, the pub was in fact shut! We supposed the door had been open earlier for a delivery or something.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

We decided to move on to Marple and sample the delights of the hostelry there. Some hope! The town moorings looked lovely\u00a0all beautifully done with new flag stone edgings and mooring rings\u00a0but also no depth to the water! We couldn’t get anywhere near the bank and after 4 attempts in different places gave up, no wonder they were all free. There\u00a0were some\u00a048 hour moorings just on to the Peak Forest Canal but\u00a0you could\u00a0see\u00a0some rocks that had fallen in from the edge\u00a0so you wouldn’t be able to moor there either. Suffice to say, any moorings that were suitable already had a\u00a0boat in them!\u00a0We carried on and after several more groundings and failed attempts finally got moored, at a jaunty angle, it has to be said, but we had given up trying to get right in to the bank by this time, at Strines.<\/span><\/p>\n

This is a very attractive canal with marvellous views but it is very shallow and mooring up to take advantage of those views can be very frustrating and\u00a0difficult.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Thursday 20th may. We spent yesterday (wed) at Four Lane Ends. Ken blacked the side of the boat and I did general cleaning. After this we went off, sans pooch,…<\/p>\n

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