Showing posts with label Congleton. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Congleton. 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...
Monday, 14 August 2017

Spending a day in Congleton

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We've had a pretty laid back day but reasonably successful. After a very relaxed start, we waited for the rain to stop and then walked d...
Sunday, 13 August 2017

A pleasant but slow run to Congleton

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We’d estimated ninety minutes from Hall Green to Congleton Wharf today and expected the wharf to be pretty busy at this time of year, being ...
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...
Tuesday, 23 August 2016

Two hours, no locks

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It has indeed been a golden day, cool at the start but soon warming up and not a trace of rain, for once. As planned, we set off at around ...
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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...
Thursday, 14 April 2016

Through the tunnel to Congleton

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As planned, we set off a bit before half seven this morning, arriving at Harecastle south portal at a quarter to eight. There was just one ...
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, 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...
Monday, 9 April 2012

Soggy boating

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To know what it was like today, take a hot cup of tea and hold a digestive biscuit suspended in it for 30 seconds. The bit that's now at...
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Thursday, 22 March 2012

Up Bosley

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We were very glad that we stopped at Hall Green last night, for we had a very good meal at the Bleeding Wolf . It's a Robinsons pub, a b...
Monday, 5 March 2012

Onto the Macc

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It's been a good day, largely, but a long and hard one, and I'm having trouble stringing my worms together. This will therefore be q...
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Saturday, 9 October 2010

Windy Boating

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Tying under the Adelphi Mill at Bollington Wharf when it’s really windy isn’t actually the most sensible thing to do, but we got away with i...