Friday, 5 July 2013
Sunny day, sunny prospects
We stayed put today as planned. This morning we had a good shop in Milton, especially in the Butcher/Baker where we got bread, pasties and pork pies and in the greengrocers. With the warm weather we’re due to have, salads are going to be popular for the next few days, I reckon.
Just before midday, Waimaru was seen approaching. They’d had a faster run than us, admittedly taking about the same time overall, but they’d been held up at the Bedford Street staircase for 55 minutes whilst CRT sorted a broken paddle.
We’ve had the first good gossip with them over beer and pasties. I’m catering tonight; chicken Frontinian again, I reckon, with pineapple and peach salad to follow.
Apart from that, we’ve been loafing rather this afternoon, dozing in the sun in between jobs like watering the plants and doing the crossword.
Tomorrow we head off for Leek first, we’ve decided. Under the circumstances, this blog will probably get a bit hit and miss as I’m sure folk will understand or at least accept with a weary sigh. Furthermore, I believe that the mobile signals will become a bit erratic as we get near Froghall, so it won’t just be a case of “Todgers going it”.
Well, not much, anyway.
/wahaha
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3 comments:
Am I right in thinking you probably won't be able to go beyond Consall Forge? If I remember correctly, the winding hole before Froghall Tunnel is not full length. Unless you reckon you'll fit through the tunnel, of course...
CUCT say that the winding hole is only 65' here http://www.cuct.org.uk/caldon/faq . The list of boats that have been through, that I mentioned the other day, is here http://www.cuct.org.uk/caldon/guide/froghall-tunnel .
Also a picture of my boat at the gauge at the lock is at http://andy3196.blogspot.co.uk/2009/09/we-made-it-through.html but obviously I didn't have a cratch to worry about. I also could have avoided taking paint off the handrails if I had been a little more careful.
From memory the only place that I couldn't get any signal at all was on the river visitor moorings near the pub.
Thanks both! The guides list it as a 70' hole before the tunnel, but I'll believe CUCT, I think.
Heigh ho, was looking forward to seeing the basin.
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