The canal goes through this building.

Day 80 - back to where we started this morning.

August 3rd 2013
6 locks, 377 in total. A there-and-back day today, motoring to Cheddleton, turning round and motoring back to last night's mooring. I hope we don't have a repeat of last night's extremely heavy rain though – I was mopping up a flow of water underneath the stern door at 2 am. We had a lucky escape yesterday as one boat moored next to a wasp nest - quiet overnig ... read more

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Dunlin 2013

Dunlin

In common with many others, we intend going on a cruise in our retirement, albeit a DIY affair. There will be no dressing for dinner at the Captain's table because she's fairly laid back about that sort of thing. My intention is to write a travel log but I have no idea if we will have adequate broadband access on a daily basis and indeed whether I shall have anything worth saying. Please paste the link below into www.maps.google.com for our projected route plan, which is subject to change depending on: canal stoppages flood drought time inclination The red line... full info

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