Showing posts with label Bosley. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Bosley. Show all posts
Thursday, 14 September 2017

Onto the lower Macc

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Thank you, Sally, for your kind words yesterday. There were indeed a lot of locks today, but they went quite quickly thanks to the locking t...
Wednesday, 16 August 2017

Up Bosley and on to Lyme Green

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We actually slept in a little this morning and didn't get boating until nearly half seven. Nonetheless, we were still the first boat int...
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Tuesday, 15 August 2017

Another slight change of plan

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As I said yesterday, the plan today was just to potter through to the aqueduct to use up another of our spare days – we want to arrive at Po...
Saturday, 10 September 2016

A long morning

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We set off at a quarter to eight this morning after a bit of a lie-in. We'd had tea in bed, but got going without breakfast. I'd st...
Wednesday, 24 August 2016

Long day to Lyme Green

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By our standards, we did a lot of boating today, especially as Sheila's bruised ribs, though recovering, still limit her ability to wor...
Tuesday, 26 April 2016

Back down Bosley

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At two hours, it took us a bit longer to come back down Bosley than we did going up, although all the locks were with us this time. Setting...
Friday, 15 April 2016

How to tire your dog

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This is the result of a hard day's boating: Go away, I'm tired! Most of the day went entirely to plan. Sheila got us away at half ...
Friday, 18 September 2015

Aground again

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What, I hear you say, again ? It's not my fault this time, honest, guv. The fact is that Bosley was in the worst state we've ever s...
Thursday, 20 August 2015

Keeping busy at Lyme Green

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I should have mentioned a couple of other things yesterday but forgot, distracted by recounting our journey up Bosley. The first of these i...
Wednesday, 19 August 2015

A late move and an early start

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We've never had any problems at Buglawton, but neither is it popular as a mooring spot, so when we saw some teenage boys hanging about ...
Wednesday, 11 September 2013

A drippy trip down Bosley

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A bit of a downer was to be expected after the highs of the weekend; as it turns out, what with our developing colds and the damp weather, ...
Monday, 12 August 2013

Dog to dog blog: now I'm knackered

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This is getting ridiculous. I don’t mind doing my bit to keep the AGPs going, but today we started out at seven and didn’t stop until lunch...
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Thursday, 27 September 2012

A Boating Day

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As planned, we've put in a serious day's boating, getting up in the dark and setting off just after seven. Swing bridge 47 was indee...
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Friday, 31 August 2012

Steadily up Bosley

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This morning was much better weatherwise, so we made an eight o'clock start on getting up Bosley Locks. Sheila and Graeme lockwheeled, s...
Thursday, 30 August 2012

Drier, and the invasion

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It's been a much better day for boating today, with only the very occasional heavy shower. The arrangements for meeting up with Graeme a...
Thursday, 22 September 2011

Slowly down Bosley

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The cunning plan today was to make an earlyish start, work down Bosley and come on to Congleton Aqueduct, and indeed this is what we have do...
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Tuesday, 30 August 2011

To the foot of Bosley, and another slight change of plan

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There is a 3 signal here after all, so a quickie is in order, I guess. As planned, we made an early start, and stopped in Congleton for a...
Friday, 4 January 2008

Down Bosley once more

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3rd & 4th January Needing to be up in good time, we'd set the central heating to come on at 7. Since the Eberspacher starting up sou...
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Wednesday, 31 October 2007

Firewood and water

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30th & 31st October It felt like sleeping in, but we woke at 7.30. I decided to make a stew for dinner, which meant buying potatoes, so ...