The Bratch to Penkridge

Miles 17.2 Locks 11
Our planned stopping place for today was Coven but we had arrived there by 2.30 pm so we decided to continue on first to Gailey and then to Penkridge. This means that we have reached the summit of the Staffs and Worcester Canal and we have started down towards Great Heywood and the Trent and Mersey canal, then it will be uphill all the way home to High Lane.
We saw this fisherman near Autherly Junction See Ya tomorrow. My turn to work the locks. M. did them all today.

We're Off (again)

Miles 22.5 Locks 12.


We have finally set off on our extended cruise to the River Thames. Today travelling South on the Macclesfield Canal descending Bosley Locks and mooring by Bridge 86 where the footpath goes off to Little Morton Hall.






First picture is of the repairs being made to the retaining wall that almost slipped into the canal in January.






This shows us moored @ Bridge 86 with Mow Cop in the background.

Polishing

I have just spent the last two days polishing the cabin sides. It all started last Monday as we were returning from our afternoon trip. the only place where we had to pass a boat coming the other way was by a large bush and a branch scratched the side of the cabin. Yesterday I decided that the scratch could be ploished out and so it could, but it made the rest look a bit tatty so the whole side got done. Today I did the other side - well you cant just do one side can U?.

Out on a Sunny afternoon

We are going "Stir Crazy" waiting for test results to find out if we can be off. This lunchtime we decided rather than go shopping etc we would go for a run out on the boat. We went from High Lane to Bridge 20 on the Macc had our sandwiches and sat around keeping cool. There was supprisingly enough quite a few other boats about with one Dawncraft going a full hull repaint on the overflow @ bridge 20 .

Pics Today show Gralyn on her moorings in the High Lane Arm and the inevitable family of Mallards that came to greet us as we moored up for our butties.