It's not a long run from Coole Pilate to Nantwich, so we didn't set off until half eight this morning. I took the opportunity to add some more bits to my page about buying a boat, especially in view of the Ben Harp saga; to see it, just click on the link over there on the right.
In the event, we were boating for two and a half hours, but only actually moving for half that time. We weren't worried, it was a lovely late summer morning, and hanging around Hack Green was no hardship at all. There were a couple of boats going down in front of us, one being single handed and the other occupied by the single hander's parents. The elder man was 80, and an ex-River Severn pilot.
The two boats were cruising in company from Sharpness to Llangollen, so it just shows that advancing age is no bar to enjoying yourself on a boat.
Finally we were away from there, and the remaining couple of miles went by very easily. We found a mooring at our usual spot on the embankment before the aqueduct. More time was spent relaxing and pottering on line; I've added a bit of text to the head of the blog reminding people about the Braidbar Open Day. For scheduling reasons, Peter Mason is building a spec boat (that is, one for which he doesn't have a bespoke customer) at the moment, so this year's Open Day is actually one where someone might be able to buy a boat on the spot.
That's assuming it hasn't sold in the next two weeks, of course. After that, if you placed an order on that weekend, I think it would be into 2013 before you could take delivery.
We're going to take two days here, as we are a bit ahead of schedule, and this is a good place to restock with some stuff. We've made one trip into town already, and will do at least one more tomorrow. After that, we'll be back out into the wilds of East Cheshire again.
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