Wednesday 31st July and Thursday 1st August
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| Lots of Cheese |
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| James Martin |
Wednesday – We got
the bus to Nantwich as we needed to get a part from the Chandlery for our sink. They didn’t have what we needed, but they
ordered it for us. The Nantwich show and
International Cheese Show was on today and although the actual show had been
cancelled due to bad weather earlier in the week, the Cheese Show was open and
it was now free entry, so we went in to have a look. There were many farms and businesses
exhibiting cheese so we looked around there, then walked around all the stalls
selling cheese and giving out samples.
We tasted some great cheese and bought a few pieces.
There was also a cookery demonstration by James Martin and that was free to watch as well so we sat and watched him cook a few things, we have seen him before but he is really good and very entertaining.
We then headed out to the road and got the
bus into the town. We did some shopping
then got the bus back. We are staying
here one more day but then off down the locks and back onto the Shropshire Union
canal tomorrow.
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| Coming into Hurleston Top Lock |
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| Working down the locks |
Thursday – We are
on the move today and have the four Hurleston locks to go down. We untied and moved down to the water point
to fill up. There was a boat in front of
us and several coming up the locks so soon it was our turn and we went into the
top lock when a boat had come out. There
was a volunteer on and he half helped me with the second lock then went off for
his lunch leaving me to open the gates, never mind there was another boat
coming up so I left them open for them and went onto lock No. 3.
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| Lock No. 3 |
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| Lock No. 4 |
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| Down the lock we go |
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| Damaged Lock Wall |
We were soon
through there and going into the last lock.
This lock is manned by Canal and River Trust employees as the lock is
falling in on one side and has greatly reduced the width of the lock so it
needs to be used with caution. The chap
working the lock said I could get on board and he would do the lock so that was
good and soon the gates were opening and out we went turning right onto the
Shropshire Union canal leaving the wonderful Llangollen canal behind us, we
thoroughly enjoyed our time on that canal and it’s quite sad to be leaving it
behind us but time to move on and we shall be doing it again in the future.
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| Turning onto the Shroppie |
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| Out we go |
We chugged on
along the canal under a few bridges and after a mile or so we were approaching
Nantwich and we moored in the moorings just past the water point.
In the afternoon I
did some work on the laptop and Kev did some painting on his products getting
things ready to sell.
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| Another nice day |
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| Horses by the canal |
We are staying
here for a few days now and hopefully do some trading then we will turn around
and head back up the other way.
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| Coming into Nantwich |
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| Moored at Nantwich |
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