Sunday 2 November 2008

The end of our summer cruise


Number one granddaughter checking the course !



Snow at the end of October!!


Are we nearly there ?


Number two granddaughter up to mischief


Sorry this is late, for some reason I get a signal on some nights and not on others. We had visitors last Wednesday afternoon, Lisa, Emyr and the two granddaughters, Megan and FFion. as it was half term they were staying until Saturday, They are looking forward to going on Thomas the Tank Engine on Friday at the station in town, he is here for half term. L,E,M and F lovely to see you all.
Elsie on Bendigedig was a mile nearer to Llangollen than us and rang to say that there was room to moor up on the line on Thursday morning, so we left our Sun Trevor mooring and started on the last 2 miles to Llangollen. Over night it had snowed !! so the landscape was transformed, the temperature wasn't that bad though. Megan stayed on the back with me, Emyr was on the towpath ahead of us, this section of the canal is single track in two places, so some one has to go in front to stop boats coming the other way.
We arrived, and found a spot which will do us for the winter. There are several old friends here from last year, and a few new faces as well. Well that's it until next year, hope you all have a nice Christmas and a better New Year than the one we are in.
See you all in April.
During our summer cruise we covered 630 miles, went through 388 locks and used 987 ltrs of fuel.