Friday Morning and again a very nice sunny day. I opened the
Kitchen blind and was surprised to see this sheep grazing on the tow-path his 2
mates were walking in the other direction.
We got ready to do the six locks at Grindley Brook which
consist of 3 separate locks and 3 locks in a staircase. We were through the
first 3 locks quickly but at the bottom of the staircase we had to wait as
boats were coming down under the guidance of the very helpful lock lady Amy. A holiday boat moving in to the lock behind us.
Once through the
locks we had a very enjoyable cruise with some very pretty views, we passed
this lovely cow standing in the canal drinking and further along the canal we
saw these ones also having a drink.
The Llangollen Canal is indeed a really lovely canal to
cruise on. Some off the bridges have these little doors in them which are used
to store stop planks which are used if the canal needs to be dammed off for any
reason these planks slid into a slot close to the bridge to create the dam.
We moored just before bridge 47 for the afternoon and I set
about touching up some of the paint work that needed attention.
We woke to a very different morning today it was raining,
well just a very light drizzle really so we set off for the short cruise to
Ellesmere. We passed Cole Mere and Blake Mere on the cruise this morning, these are really large Meres and very pretty, as it
was still drizzly I did not have my camera out so didn't take any photos but am hoping the sun will be out
when we pass on the way back really beautiful scenery.
We have moored up just before bridge 58. I took a walk into
the Ellesmere and had a look around, a few interesting shops. We will be
popping in to the Tesco store which is at the bottom of the Ellesmere Arm which
had a few moorings spaces left.
Eddy here I have just seen a doppelgänger on the canal, Please do not mistake him for me, He is easily identified by his blue collar.
Time travelled Friday 5.5 hours, Distance 8.5 Miles 6 Locks and 4 Lift bridges.
Time Travelled Saturday 2 hours Distance 5 Miles
Total Distance Travelled is 149 Miles
56 Locks (Broad) 72 single locks and 87 Tunnel's, Total Tunnel length 6507 yards
Total Time 77 hours
Time Travelled Saturday 2 hours Distance 5 Miles
Total Distance Travelled is 149 Miles
56 Locks (Broad) 72 single locks and 87 Tunnel's, Total Tunnel length 6507 yards
Total Time 77 hours
doppelgänger Had to look it up, very clever Eddy, not sure where to find your lock numbers. I found websites on canal but it only has names for bridges. Have you gone over the big one in the drizzle?
ReplyDeleteLove the pictures, did the cows get out of the water when you chugged past.
Thank you Louise I am rather cleaver at times I think I did not get any help from the other to with the word Doppleganger. No not been over the BIG one yet as still at Ellesmere having a relaxing day.
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