Weds 07/07/21


Our Keith's Birthday Today I wished him HB at 0730 this morning just as we were moving off We you have it to do  don't you.

 Great Start today and it got better I never look forward to the four locks in Middlewich as they are the first of the narrow locks are all seem to be at strange angles, However we got through them with no problems others boats were coming our way which always makes things easier in fact we covered all three locks in an hour. The morning was dark and overcast with that ever threatening storm overhead, By 11 am we had made great progress with the storm now starting to break it was time to cut our losses and moor up for the day. Now the wind has started to kick up we would be better off staying for the day as this mooring is out of the wind 

Tomorrow we will make Barbridge Junction where we will turn right towards  Chester 

God Bless Stay Safe 

Mooring for today


View of todays Garden

Turning at Middlewich Junction  from the Trent & Mersey 
canal onto the Shropshire union branch 

 

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