late cancellation sold

Thanks for your interest everyone, but the dales and the sea cruise is now sold

What a lovely spot

Ok, not the best weather ever today, but I think that's been true across most of the country. At least here we didn't have the winds that others had. But it's been good fun with guests out a lot of the time and helping with locks, the tunnel…

Buttercups Galore

It really does seem to be the year of the Buttercup, not sure what that means for the summer, though we seem to have a burst of them every few years. They really are lovely. Now time for a little rant, We were moored outside Blackburn yesterday…

Thanks CRT

We thought we may have been stuck the wrong side of Whitebirk Aqueduct when CRT announced a severe leak and a 3 week closure to fix it. Its a fairly small aqueduct taking the canal over a small stream and with a wash way, or was it and ice…

Swans and Cygnets

We passed this set of cygnets when they were just hatched and were with mum some days later we were going the same way and they were all out and about, lovely. This is a great time of year with all the babies appearing. We came up Wigan yesterday,…

Leeds & Liverpool – Wigan

What is there not to like on a glorious day like today as we pass through Wigan.

Down on the Bridgewater

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We are still on the Bridgewater moving back toward the Leeds & Liverpool at Leigh. It really is interesting to be on a canal that is not CRT and to see the differences, some good some bad, bt mainly just different. I really must investigate…

Liverpool

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Well another great trip into Liverpool As ever a great time in Salthouse with the added bonus of the steam festival satrting up. Some great steam trucks, steam engines and steam ships. Danny has an absolutely fab art deco interior designed…

Big Swans, big water and big boats- short boat George

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We are once again in lovely Liverpool home of giant swans & , at the moment, short boat George But also large, all be it short, boats We are moored next to the 1910 wooden L&L short boat. It may have been horse drawn or may have…

Fabulous evening

Well last night was a lovely sunset and watching all the Black Headed gulls swooping over the flashes catching bugs, gorgeous. Then one of those great mornings when the mist rises gently over the canal, we've not got a bad job!   Happy…