Monday 19th to Wednesday 21st
August
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| Painted Lady Butterfly |
Monday morning we decided to move to the other side of Bridge 13 where
there are some nice moorings with a lovely view but most of the moorings has a
shelf which you bang against but there are a couple of spots just outside the
official moorings with no shelf and you can get right into the side and also
has the best view so Kev walked down to see if they were free and they were so
we moved down to there. Only thing is
you have to use pins as there is nothing to tie a chain to which is okay. A boat moored in front of us and another boat
went so fast past us that it pulled his pins out and his boat was drifting
out. Kev went and told them and they
retied and even one of our pins had moved but not come out so Kev banged in it
a bit more.
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| Inside the shop by the Canal |
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| Shop by the Canal |
On our way down the canal we saw a sign saying there was a gift shop and
ice creams in a farm near the canal so we walked back along the canal to find
it. There was a gate from the canal into
their garden and up into the yard and there was a shop selling gift, candles,
ice creams and accessories for weddings and parties which I think is their main
business.
We had a look around, bought an
ice cream which was Snugburys and then walked back to the canal, along the
towpath and back to the boat.
Today (Wednesday) we are moving on today just a mile along the canal to
Aqueduct Marina where we are meeting our friends Sheila and Tony and their
lovely dog Brock.
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| Leaving our Mooring |
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| Bridge 11 |
We set off along the canal, under a couple of bridges and moored up in
the visitor moorings for the marina.
We walked up to the car park and Sheila and Tony were already there. Me, Sheila and Brock went to the cafe for a
coffee while Tony took Kev to Nantwich to get some wood. When they got back, they said they had to go
back later as Kev wanted the wood cut up and it wouldn’t be ready until after
lunch. We all had another coffee sat
outside then went inside for some lunch which was really nice.
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| Used to be a Bridge here |
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| Moored in the Marina Visitor Moorings |
After lunch, we had a walk around the marina which is very nice and then
we all went to Nantwich to get the wood. When we got back to the marina we went
back to the cafe and all had an ice cream and then Tony drove us around the
marina to where we were moored.
We took the wood to the boat then waved Sheila, Tony and Brock goodbye,
it was really nice to see them and we had a lovely day together. I am sure we will meet up again soon.
We then moved across to the other side of the canal to the moorings
there as you can only stay on the marina moorings for four hours.
We are staying here tonight then moving on a bit further in the morning.
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| Moored Opposite the Marina |
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