[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]After setting off from Hopwas on Tuesday morning (3rd November) we made our way through the mist and fog and overcast skies through Tamworth and more pretty countryside to find good moorings near bridge 50. These type of moorings are always good to find as there are views across both sides of the canal as…
Details[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]We are sitting near the Tame Otter pub at Hopwas near Tamworth on our way down the Coventry Canal. Our wonderful friends/relatives, Julie and Phil have just spent the weekend with us having transported many parcels all the way from Maldon for us. We are now the proud owners of a galvanic isolator to protect…
Details[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]You will all no doubt be pleased to know that we made it through the Harecastle Tunnel without incident or haunting!!! So after a short cruise along the Trent and Mersey Canal again we turned off at Etruria Junction to explore the Caldon and Leek Canals. We were just starting to get smug about getting…
Details[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]And the blessings keep coming!!!! We moved Celtic Maid to Gurnett, about 2 miles back from Macclesfield, to take advantage of the short warm and dry spell to undertake some much needed maintenance. Celtic Maid purred as we tubbed and scrubbed her and then touched up all the chips and scratches that a few months…
Details[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]It has been another couple of very successful weeks for us with a bit of emotion thrown in. We have just hosted Bob’s sister, Judy, and her husband Ted who flew in from Burlington, Canada, for the last six days. We said a tearful farewell to Julia and Malcolm on NB Figment after spending the…
DetailsAs the title says – we have been active for two weeks since the last post, explored three waterways – Bridgewater Canal, Trent and Mersey Canal and River Weaver – and welcomed cousins, Julie and Phil on board for a week’s cruising!!! So from being pretty slow on it last update our time suddenly got…
DetailsMy, we are sure slowing down. I know the last blog was on Tuesday and it has been 5 days but we have only moved 3 miles – how slack!!!! Actually this is a Bank Holiday weekend (public holidays in Australia) and we decided to relocate to near Lymm (lovely little village) and find a…
DetailsAfter ten very busy days, we are finally moored enjoying our Sunday ritual on a Tuesday on a lovely rural mooring at Dunham Town. The last week has had children, birthday, awful and fantastic weather, a reunion with friends and being pleasantly surprised at the run through Manchester. In the last update we were moored…
DetailsWe spent our last three days in Liverpool very productively. Bron and her personal shopper Julia went in search of wedding outfits for the two celebrations we will attend on our visit to Australia earlier next year and successfully achieved our aim!! And a bit more as Julia accidentally made a couple of purchases of…
DetailsWe are still in Liverpool enjoying our “holiday”!!!! And despite very variable weather, have managed to get out and about doing the sightseeing touristy thing – kind of enjoying it. All of this fun and games took place once we had broken the back of our pressing maintenance jobs on Celtic Maid. With a little…
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