Most narrowboats are 6 ft . 10 ins wide, this one must be at least 7 ft as she was stuck fast in the bottom lock of the Hurleston flight last week ( and yes, her fenders were up as required for this flight )
Morning mist at Hurleston Junction.
Sunset Friday evening 11th September on the Llangollen canal.Well it's been another two weeks of cruising up and down between Middlewich, Clovely and Nantwich. Whilst in Nantwich, Eiddwen went to Crew shopping. We have been waiting for news on the stoppage on the Shropshire Union canal, whilst there was a chance that the leak might be fixed quickly, but it would appear now that it is going to be some time before that happens. So we have now moved on to the Llangollen canal and are presently in Swanley Marina for the weekend. Our son in law, Emyr brought the two granddaughters over on Saturday for a 2 day visit which the girls enjoyed again. Lovely to see you all. We will start slowly making our way up to Llangollen itself for the winter this week.
The recent improvement in the weather has been much appreciated, I have finally managed to get some paint on various bits of the boat that were looking a bit tatty after this summers trip up to Leeds and back. The upper rubbing strips get scratched all the time and soon start to rust if they are left.
That's all for now folks
This fortnight we have covered 32 miles and 11 locks
