Spooktacularly successful passage before nightfall, this hallowed eve.
We got to Worcester just in time, now it’s time to leave.
A shimmering river cruise to Worcester through some unusual locks.
All the fun of the fair and a fast downstream cruise.
Entertaining guests again, in Kinver on a wet and wild night.
We meet up with friends, and with canals we have been on before.
Cheery chats, talking technical . The rope handling become less ropey and seeing some more of the nature of autumn.
We get a very close look at the way the canals are maintained.
We meet up with Paul and he gets more winding than expected.
A brighter day, but some people were a bit stuck.
We travel a little further along the “Shroppy” and get other things done.
Morning visitors and a variety of birds and boats
Even an ordinary day has the odd oddity.
The cutting is cut deep and the ducks are ducking.
We arrive in Shropshire – but it doesn’t seem like it.
A day of getting things in not quite the right order.
Luck in the locks today along with changeable weather. Never a dull moment.
Another flight of locks, and a little of what we fancy at the top.
We didn’t get far today, but we got some vital top ups.
Closed places are open. We find fresh green pastures.
Getting the details right can make all the difference.
A little done and a lot still to come.
We explore a branch of a canal we haven’t been on before.
The sun shines as I practise steering again, back on the not so straight and quite narrow.
We make the boat more blue and prepare for the black.
The sky was not very blue but Bartimaeus is bluer and so am I.
What do you expect to see when you come to Runcorn?
A run around Runcorn, hitting the high spots – hopes and hills.
We find that Runcorn has a number of surprises in store.
A fond, fun farewell to Lymm and a happy, hopeful hello to Runcorn, Cheshire.
Reverberating, revolving and resolving.
We take full advantage of a warm sunny day.
A walk in the park and photo opportunities,with some planning ahead required.
I relive a childhood memory looking for deer.
Manchester park commemorative bench and other memorials to the renowned and the population of Manchester.
We leave the city and discover it is still summer in the countryside.
A day to appreciate the famous and not so famous sons and daughters of Manchester.
We go to the The Lowry and L S Lowry follows us back.
Many ways to get in and out of Manchester.
Central Manchester was pencilled in for August
Matching outfits with the sky on a rainy day.
A wet day outside is a spur to do some more joinery.
Retail therapy immersed in the romantic world of the Mills Boom
We go back to the old ways of moving a canal boat.
New objectives set and achieved.
Flashing around and slowing down
Another couple of days spent around the flashes.