On Saturday we went through the Grindley locks, which includes a 3 tier staircase lock. There was a friendly lock-keeper on hand to make sure the crew didn't make a mess of it. At the top we stopped for Elsan and rubbish and then went on to Whitchurch. We stopped for the swing bridge, at which point Jo realised she had left her best long handled windlass at the locks. In best hero fashion she jumped on her bike and cycled the mile or so back to find the windlass where she left it. We moored at Whitchurch and cycled into the town, which is sleepy in the extreme but has a nice tea shop and a handsome church. In the evening we put the bikes back in their storage place which meant moving Scooby's bed up out of the way. He wasn't going to move though!
On Sunday we set off for Ellesmere with a plan to pick up friends Carole and Sean walking from their home in Ellesmere. We found them about 4 miles out, soaking wet and in need of flapjack.
At one point the boat was making very heavy weather of it and we found that this log had caught across the front of the boat! We pulled over and Sean manfully pushed it aside.
We went past some of the meres of Ellesmere and through the short Ellesmere tunnel and moored in the last spot in the little arm which goes into town. Dinner out with our extra crew finished our day off perfectly.
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| Beautiful Blakemere |
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| Unfortunately paddle-.boarding not allowed. |
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| Entering Ellesmere tunnel, narrow and with a towpath. |
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