Saturday, June 06, 2009

THELWALL & GRAPPENHALL

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On the Bridgewater Canal the bridge holes are much wider than BW canals and this is reflected by the size of the stop planks. These are inse...
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Thursday, June 04, 2009

ONTO RUNCORN

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Leaving Anderton i have decided to take a return trip up the Bridgewater Canal to visit a few places I missed on a previous trip as you can`...
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Sunday, May 31, 2009

ANDERTON

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Anderton boat lift opened in 1875 and takes boats 50` down to the R. Weaver. In 1908 the hydraulics and steam power was changed to electrick...
Friday, May 29, 2009

NANTWICH to ANDERTON

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So after giving my blood i set off from Nantwich with 2 attractive young nurses to make sure i was gonna be ok...........alright it`s just w...
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Wednesday, May 27, 2009

BLOOD & TRANSPLANT

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Something that had been on my `to do` list for a long time was to become a Blood Donor and reading the blog of John/Fiona aboard NB EPIPHA...
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Monday, May 25, 2009

PLUGGING a LEAK

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The Aqueduct at Nantwich has been leaking for years not from the iron trough but through the bank next to it. Contractors were on site to pl...
Friday, May 22, 2009

Roundheads & Cavaliers at MARBURY?

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Arriving at Marbury lock i noticed a lot of caravans and camper vans in the adjacent field and when i asked what the attraction was to camp...
Thursday, May 21, 2009

RACING & CHEROKEE

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Met up with Sue & Martyn on Cherokee and discovered they read the blog and a pleasant 30 minutes was spent chatting until the approach o...
Wednesday, May 20, 2009

SWAN UPDATE

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After hatching on Mon.&Tues they both on Wednesday took to the water for the first time. After a while it was decided hitching was a goo...
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IN and OUT

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The Whixhall & Bettisfield Mosses are located between bridges 45 & 47 and the Welsh Border mentioned later in this blog is about ha...