Leaving Anderton on another nice bright morning, we stopped at the services just past Anderton Marina to top up with water and dumped some rubbish. Although bright it was slightly cooler than yesterday but never the less it was dry. Cruising was pleasant with the aroma of the Rape seed heavy in the air and […]
What a glorious day warm sunshine all day we left Lymm a really nice place to moor and explore around 9am, our first stop would be the North Portal of Preston Brook tunnel. We had lunch and went through the tunnel at 13:30, at the south portal we left the Bridgewater canal and went onto […]
We pulled the pins around 09:15 this morning and set off into a strong head wind but at least it was dry, Clive on board Lady Arwen waved and wished us well as we passed them on there moorings. After about 45 minutes we arrived at Plank Lane Lift bridge which used to be operated […]
It was nice and bright with light winds when we joined NB lady Arwen at the top of the Wigan Flight (21 locks). We made a good team with Clive and Mel from Lady Arwen and we cleared the last of the 21 locks in a little under four hours. Once clear we turned left […]
The weather forecast was correct, gale force winds and rain. The decision taken yesterday to stay in Adlington was a good one. We only ventured off the boat to collect some groceries and a paper from the small Co-op, and some coal and kindling from the local garage. We have had the fire alight all […]
A lazy start today as our plan was to get through the Johnson Hill locks and moor in Adlington ready for our run up to the 21 Wigan locks on Sunday. Well, we had a nice run up to the first lock in overcast chilly conditions. At the top lock we used the services for […]
An early start today in grey murky and chilly conditions. Making good progress we soon arrived at the first of the three swing bridges we would pass through today. The weather was improving although not warm it was getting brighter and better than the forecast we watched last night. Around noon we arrived at the […]
Overnight the wind had subsided and the rain had stopped. So it was in quite pleasant conditions that we started on the seven Barrowford locks. We hadn’t been through the last lock long before the rain came but at least it wasn’t windy or as cold as yesterday. It was still raining when we pulled […]
Yesterday we had a day of rest and stayed in Gargrave. It was a really nice day weather wise. We did some odd jobs on the boat then went off for a walk into the hills (part of the pennine way). We decided that we would head back the way we came rather than go […]
Hooray! No rain today but its was overcast when we set off this morning. This was how it was to be all morning. We soon arrived at the Foulridge tunnel where there is a traffic light signal in operation. The red light was showing red when we arrived so we moored up and waited about […]