tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-83354492024-03-13T16:57:18.018+00:00Gralyns LogThis is the log of the travels of the narrowboat GRALYN on her travel throughout the canal systems of England and WalesGralynhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00958922610922175061noreply@blogger.comBlogger242125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8335449.post-87833197855696514562015-11-17T15:40:00.002+00:002015-11-17T15:40:46.191+00:00My old Gralyn blog seems to have been hijackedGralynhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00958922610922175061noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8335449.post-89850721732812498302013-06-16T18:00:00.002+01:002013-06-16T18:09:25.624+01:00Stone to Rugely<u>Locks 6 Miles 14.9</u><br />
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Taking on water at Stone. The main town area is behind the willow tree and star Lock is under the bridge<br />
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I suppose it was to be expected, after a good day with boat travelling in the opposite direction, today we were queuing at most locks to get through to Rugely. The sun came out which made the waiting bearable but no pics today so I will try and upload the ones I couldn't upload yesterday.Gralynhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00958922610922175061noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8335449.post-12948480905528067702013-06-15T19:42:00.001+01:002013-06-16T18:06:07.734+01:00Etruria to Stone<u>Locks 13 Miles 9.7</u><br />
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A good run today at last we are seeing other boats on the cut, fortunately at locks where we can halve the effort of locking by using the lock after a boat has left it or by leaving a lock for another boat to use.</div>
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The following pictures are of some pottery kilns that are still visible in Stoke -on-Trent.<br />
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These two now stand alone in the midst of a housing development.<br />
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How long this one will keep is factory surroundings is anyone's guess.</div>
Gralynhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00958922610922175061noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8335449.post-86400336458031866782013-06-14T20:43:00.000+01:002013-06-14T20:43:08.930+01:00Bosley Top to Etruria<u>Locks 13 Miles 14.8 1 long Tunnel</u><br />
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I have worn two hats today one to keep off the rain and one to keep off the sun. The day startedwith some sunshine to see us down Bosley locks. Every lock was already full and locks 8,9,10 & 12 even had their gates open. It made me feel quite guilty using 12 locksworth of water to make our descent, no-one coming up to take ovr the empties either. Harecastle tunnel was similar straight in as no one was waiting at either end, took 35 mins to get through.<br />
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<u>Thursday 13 June 2013</u><br />
<u>High Lane to Bosley Top</u><br />
<u>Locks 0 Miles 12.3 1 Swing Bridge</u><br />
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At least we set off in the dry. The forecast all week was for rain on Thursday and this was the week they got it right. We got as far as Whiteley Green before the rain started and it was a downpour all the way through Bollington. As all the photos from my previous years blogs appear to be lost in PICASA I was hoping to get plenty of up-to-date photographs of local places as well as some from further afield without repeating what I had done in earlier blog postings. At the moment the rain has kept the camera inside.Gralynhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00958922610922175061noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8335449.post-77264458862395464432013-06-09T13:59:00.000+01:002013-06-09T13:59:15.948+01:00Gralyn for SaleAs stated in my last post we have decided to sell GRALYN at the end of our cruise to the Thames this year. I will be advertising the fact in the windows inviting interested parties to request a leaflet with further details. The leaflet also has some photographs of the inside on the back but to do them justice as far as size goes I can only get four pictures on the page. There are several that I took that show some of the internal features more closely and I have included an invite on the leaflet to look here to see more<br />
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I have just been reviewing the blog before I start on the 2013 trip report and it looks like I didn't finish last years trip report and I seem to have lost all the pictures. I will look into this and see what I can do to catch up and find the pictures.<br />
In the meantime we are getting ready for our summer trip, this year it is to be our final long outing in Gralyn as we have decided to sell the boat at the end of this years cruising season.<br />
The reason we are so late setting off is medical appointment for the friends we hope to travel with. If all is well we should be off by the 12 JuneGralynhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00958922610922175061noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8335449.post-39382306710967668682012-08-10T18:23:00.001+01:002012-08-10T18:23:10.472+01:00Friday 10 August 2012Dover Lock to Dunham Massey<br />
Miles21.5, Locks 0 Lift Bridges 1<br />
An early start today to get to Plank Lane Lift Bridge before "Rush Hour" starts at 8 am. Then a short stop in Leigh for groceries and then on into the heat of the day and the long booring runs to Worsley through Trafford Park and Sale. We were amazed that as we were going over the Barton swing bridge we met two boats coming in the opposite direction. There is still not a good enough connection for pictures but they will come.<br />
Yesterday Thursday 9 August 2012<br />
Duttons Farm to Dover Lock<br />
Miles 12.7 Locks 8 Swing Bridges 2<br />
We have come through Wigan today and are on the Leigh Branch of the Leeds and Liverpool Canal. We spent the day travelling behind a couple from Wales who had been on the Lancaster Canal for 2 months. The lady was working the locks with the "Help" of her 2 young grandchildren so wre very slow . We met up with them at each lock and helped them through..<br />
EndGralynhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00958922610922175061noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8335449.post-56012169582939125862012-08-08T18:58:00.001+01:002012-08-08T18:58:56.185+01:00Wednesday 8 August 2011Melling to Burscough<br />
Miles 14.5, Swing bridges 8<br />
We stayed at bridge 10 near Melling last night and set off early to do the 12 miles to Bridge 31 before noon when the CaRT (BW) staff operating the lock, because of a control panel failure, went off for he afternoon. We made that and stopped briefly in Burscough to visit the shops and have lunch. After we went on to moor opposite Duttons farm near Bridge 35. M and B went to look at the reconstruction of a neolithic hut in the field opposite. They came back full of praises for the site which is the work of the owner after the discovery of several sites in the field where there was evidence that huts had been built there.<br />
Yesterday<br />
Liverpool to Melling<br />
Miles 12.2 Locks 6 Swing bridges 3<br />
A Rainy day for our departure hence no pictures. Apart from the weather the trip went well and we once again had the fun of navigating the deep docks as we made our way to Stanley dock locks. Once on the Leeds and Liverpool canal we had a problem with plastic bags on the prop and one got on so badly that<br />
we had to stop and go down the weed hatch to get it off.<br />
I will try and get some photos of the Liverpool visit ready for tomorrow.<br />
EndGralynhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00958922610922175061noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8335449.post-23540722868195485722012-08-01T19:53:00.000+01:002012-08-01T19:53:17.993+01:00Wednesday August 1 2012Litherland to Salthouse Dock Liverpool<br />
Miles 6.2 Locks 6<br />
6 Pictures today of our arrival in Liverpool<br />
Approaching Princes Dock Lock with the Liver Building in the background<br />
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Waiting at Canning Dock Lock. There was some traffic on and off the River Mersey meaning we had about an hour wait to pass into Canning Dock<br />
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Moving into Canning Half Tide Dock. On the left are the buildings of the Albert Dock.<br />
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Passing through Albert Dock with one of the DUKW vehicles, in the far distance, full of tourists.<br />
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Another DUKW passing our mooring in Salthouse Dock<br />
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The moorings in Salthouse Dock<br />
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I will post some pictures of our passage from the Leeds & Liverpool canal to Princes Dock Lock tomorrow.<br />
EndGralynhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00958922610922175061noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8335449.post-57607254000786140362012-07-31T17:05:00.001+01:002012-07-31T17:05:57.518+01:00Tuesday 31 July 2012 Part 2Aintree to Litherland<br />
Miles 6 Swing Bridges 1<br />
A change of plan. just after midday when th NCCC crowd had joined us at bridge 9, a couple of C&RT guys turned up and asked if we were prepared to start our trip early by travelling to Litherland today. We all agreed and off we set. The canal has lots of rubbish in it and th4 cruisers had lots of trouble with plastic bags on their props. Once at Litherland we did a pump-out and moored up for the night. This post is being composed and sent from the nearby Tesco coffee shop that has free WiFi<br />
EndGralynhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00958922610922175061noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8335449.post-48012479352056395412012-07-31T10:47:00.000+01:002012-07-31T10:47:04.413+01:00Tuesday 31 July 2012Maghull to Aintree<br />
1 Mile, 1 Swing Bridge<br />
We have moved up to bridge 9 in anticipation of the arrival of the rest of the NCCC convoy. It only took about 20 mins not even long enough for M to dry her hair so she did that after we had moored up. Waiting for our passage along the Liverpool Link starting at 9 am tomorrow.Gralynhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00958922610922175061noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8335449.post-85690423062044599362012-07-30T15:54:00.000+01:002012-07-30T15:54:22.236+01:00Monday 30 July 2012Burscough to Maghull<br />
Miles 12.9 Locks 0 Swing Bridges 7<br />
We are on our way again and at last we have managed to post updates to the blog so looke further down to catch up with our trip from the time we were in Lymm. I can now thank S for bringing the Nicholsons guides that we had left at home I never realized how much I referre to them whilst we are travelling. todays pic is of us moored by bridge 10 (close to Aintree Race Course) where we will wait until Wednesday Morning when we start our trip on the Liverpool Link<br />
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I Will not post tomorrow but will hopefully be posting lots of pics of our trip through Liverpool Docks and in front of the Three Graces on Wednesday evening<br />
EndGralynhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00958922610922175061noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8335449.post-47289146628747845692012-07-30T15:43:00.001+01:002012-07-30T15:43:09.980+01:00Sunday 29 July 2012At Burscough<br />
The boat stayed at Burscough all day whilst we went to the seaside on the train. Southport is only 13 mins away and the fare was cheaper than that on the tram that takes you to the end of the pier.Gralynhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00958922610922175061noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8335449.post-24304990305292307052012-07-30T15:39:00.002+01:002012-07-30T15:39:46.202+01:00Saturday 28 July 2012Crooke to Burscough<br />
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The scenery changes quite dramatically as we descended the River Douglas valley. Starting with rolling hills and finishing on a fen like plain. we have now entered the land of swing bridges we can expect more to come. The plus side is that we will next meet locks on Wednesday when we start the Liverpool Link</div>Gralynhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00958922610922175061noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8335449.post-69911985636157025382012-07-30T15:31:00.001+01:002012-07-30T15:31:12.421+01:00Friday 27 July 2012Worsley to Crooke<br />
Miles 26.1, Locks 6 and one lift bridge<br />
We are now on the Leeds and Liverpool Canal just west of Wigan<br />
We passed the famous "Wigan Pier" The one below is the real one<br />
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EndGralynhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00958922610922175061noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8335449.post-70823378318326232722012-07-30T15:26:00.000+01:002012-07-30T15:26:05.538+01:00Thursday 26 July 2012Lymm to Worsley<br />
Miles 15.7 Locks 0 Swing Bridges 1<br />
Today's trip saw us crossing the western edge of Greater Manchester passing through sale stretford and worsley. We crossed the Manchester Ship Canal at Barton<br />
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Passed a lighthouse near Patricroft<br />
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Moored by Worsley Delf and had a visit from Ex 90th friends P&P.<br />
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Shortly after leaving Anderton we passed through Dutton and Saltisford tunnels then a long run and a lock with a fall of 3 inches and we were at Preston Brook tunnel the longest of the day. The pic is of us waiting to go through. The timing for the trip north is on the hour for 10 minuets then wait for the next hour.</div>
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Once through we were on the Bridgewater Canal in most parts deep and wide. The remaining pictures are of the moorings at Lymm.<br />
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Yesterday<br />
Middlewich to Anderton<br />
Miles 9.9 Locks 1<br />
We were joined by our friends on Elizabeth and shared the only lock of the day, the Big Lock in Middlewich. A clear run saw us mooring just north of the boat lift. Pic of the day is of the run up pounds to the lift caissons.<br />
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Miles3.2, locks 4<br />
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The last of our short trip days as we will join our friends tomorrow for the journey to Liverpool. We split our day travelling to Middlewich first thing this morning, going shopping having our lunch (fish and chips) sat on a bench below Kings Lock. After lunch we moved down 4 locks but only traveled about a mile befor mooring again on the Town Moorings close to the "Big Lock". The picture tonight taken about 15 mins ago is looking north from our mooring<br />
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EndGralynhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00958922610922175061noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8335449.post-2862937759364064642012-07-22T18:42:00.002+01:002012-07-22T18:42:58.324+01:00Weaver Aqueduct to The Flashes.<br />
Miles 3.8 locks 0<br />
Such a short trip today I didn't even take any photo's so I will put up some of the crossing of the Pontcysyllte Aqueduct I didn't show earlier.<br />
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We think that the black boxes in the field were for the lighting up session that was to be held later that day to celebrate the first day of The canal & River Trust.<br />
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The River Dee below.<br />
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Almost across.<br />
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This final picture is of the mooring in the CaRT basin at Llangollen.<br />
A short trip into Middlewich tomorrow hopefully S will be visiting us. I will try and persuade him to bring the Nicholson's Guides I left at home.<br />
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Miles 8.5, Locks 2 days 2<br />
No post last night as there was no signal to connect to the internet. It is looking good tonight so i will try some pictures. WE spent the first part of the day in Chester. The picture below shows the can as it runs along the city wall<br />
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today we passed Venetian Marina and there are some big changes going on. About a third of the mooring pontoons have been replaced , a third have been removed and are in the process of being replaced and the rest will, I suppose , be replaced later.<br />
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We bought some diesel at Aqueduct Marina adn moored up a short distance away on the River Weaver Aqueduct 48 Hr moorings at about 10.45 and did --- well not much for the rest of the day.<br />
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final picture is of the clock on the wall over the High street in Chester.<br />
We plan to do about 2hrs cruising tomorrow in order to make Middlewich by Monday.Gralynhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00958922610922175061noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8335449.post-1752924301343309112012-07-19T18:54:00.001+01:002012-07-19T18:54:21.551+01:00At Nantwich<br />
All our travels today have been by Bus (Thanks to our National Bus Passes). This morning we handed our laundry into the maria laundrett for a service wash and caught the bus into Crewe. Neither of us had been to Crewe other than to pass through on the train or as a participant in a model railway show We were both pleasantly surprised. M did lots of shopping in BHS as they had a discount day and that plus her staff discount card really meant some bargains were available. I even bought a new pair of jeans and sat in the boat and shortened them by an inch this afternoon. On the way back from Crewe we stopped in Nantwich to visit the market then collected the laundry and back to the boat. A good way to spend a rainy day in Cheshire.Gralynhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00958922610922175061noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8335449.post-41598783252893689002012-07-18T19:12:00.000+01:002012-07-18T19:12:01.785+01:00<br />
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Wrenbury to Nantwich</div>
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We set off early again
as the weather forecast was for rain later, we also wanted to have a
look around Nantwich when we got there. Best laid plans ------ We
went straight down the 3 Baddiley locks only to find that the next
lock, Swanley top Lock was closed for repairs. We had to wait about
an hour and a half for one of the upper paddle guides to be replaced.
It didn't delay our arrival at Nantwich too much we still had a good
walk around.</div>
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The stop planks come out after the repair at Swanley top lock<br />
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Gralyn in the bottom Lock at Hurleston<br />
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A short trip today so we could stop at the Cotton arms at Wrenbury to use their free WiFi. I will also update the last few days with photos.</div>Gralynhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00958922610922175061noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8335449.post-52611415007485160162012-07-16T17:54:00.000+01:002012-07-16T17:54:04.766+01:00<br />
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We spent yesterday at
Ellesmere just loafing around and doing a bit of touch-up work to the
boat. It was a nice day in the sun. I don't know if we are doing this
the right way as today was raining all day whilst travelling. We
managed to get a pump-out at the Ellesmere marina after waiting until
they had serviced their hire fleet. It was worth waiting for though a
very thorough job was done - in the rain too. Still no good signal
for the uploading of pictures so I will make a point of going to the
pub in Wrenbury tomorrow that has free Wi-Fi and uploading them then.</div>Gralynhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00958922610922175061noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8335449.post-24950961016124110012012-07-14T18:54:00.002+01:002012-07-17T12:38:01.293+01:00<div class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">
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Yesterday we were
moored in the marina at Llangollen and had a ride on the steam
railway before looking round the town. Most of the time it was
raining We were going to moor near the Pontcysyllte Aqueduct today
to see it all light up but as we crossed it seemed that all the
lights had been taken away so we decided to carry on back to
Ellesmere, which was a good thing in a way as M. discovered that she
had almost run out of credit on her mobile phone. There was just one
space down the arm and it was just long enough for our 40ft boat to
fit. It did mean cruising the last hour in a downpour. </div>
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