Today's journey can be found here: https://youtu.be/NspUhLHcUug A much nicer day for boating today, although the winds are still high, at least it looked to be mostly dry. I noticed now it wasn't raining that we had moored right next to a field of alpacas and right by the Wedgewood factory, amazing! We set off … Continue reading Trentham to Aston
Today's very very wet journey can be found here: https://youtu.be/fke0GVaJqcQ Without being disrespectful to the people of Stoke, it is not somewhere, as a boater, you feel welcomed. All advise is to get through it and don't stop. We donned all the waterproofs and for me about 5 layers as we know it was down … Continue reading Westport Lake to Tentham
Today's video (as much as you can see of it in the tunnel) is here: https://youtu.be/Y42tQ_1FbHg A very foggy start to the day as we left Church Lawton. A different feel today as we have a time booked passage through Harecastle Tunnel. I'm not used to being somewhere for a specific time whilst boating and … Continue reading Church Lawton to Westport Lake via Harecastle Tunnel
Todays back-breaking journey can be seen here: https://youtu.be/H0HI70nyiJw Setting off from Wheelock we knew it was going to be a big day of locks. The whole flight is around 25 locks but we were planning on stopping just short for the day at around lock 22. The Harecastle tunnel is at the end of the … Continue reading Wheelock to Church Lawton
Todays journey is here; a short hop along the way to Wheelock and a weekend seeing friends! https://youtu.be/aB_Jndo4wZ0 Today was only going to be a short hop as we have arranged to meet some friends over the weekend at Wheelock. It was only 6 miles, 4 locks and it took us just over 2 & … Continue reading Middlewich to Wheelock
Today video journey is here: https://youtu.be/0ko0bGjDSxA Today was another day of all the clothes. Leggings under Jeans, about 4 tops under a jumper and coat etc. The sun was lovely but the wind was bitter and being on the water makes it even colder. Started the day with a gentle navigation, no locks, just other … Continue reading Church Minshull to Middlewich
Today's video of our journey: https://youtu.be/9cTUnrMa9PA Amazing what a good nights sleep and a beautiful sunny morning can do for your soul! Although we woke early and had all plans of getting going, the universe had other ideas. On starting the boat of a morning we always give a little revs in neutral in order … Continue reading Beeston to Church Minshull
A lovely day off to explore Chester. I thoroughly enjoyed walking around the walls and old city centre. Early evening came and Richard was preparing tea when a load of kids decided throwing rocks at the boat was their fun for the evening. It was unexpected and caught me by surprise. Richard filmed them from … Continue reading Chester to Beeston
Saying goodbye to another lovely mooring we started on our way to Chester. I decided to do the locking today as I knew it would be a bit of a physical challenge. With double gates each end and room for two boats, it means heavier paddles to wind and heavier gates to push.Our journey was … Continue reading Beeston Castle to Chester
Another lovely day off boating to explore something by the canal. The castle is clearly seen from the waterway up a large hill. Built in the early 1300's, it's a Marcher castle and although now in ruins, it's still an impressive site. Here's some from the way up to the castle: And from in the … Continue reading A few photos from our walk up to Beeston Castle.
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