Tattenhall

 

Moored up last night and these three came by, ideal weather for it. It also turned out that the owners of

Nb.Simply Messing are followers of my blog, so thought I would give them a quick mention

We set of at 9-15 this morning as I thought the ex Challenger boat was about to go but I was wrong and Simply Messing had gone earlier. Down at the Banbury Staircase Lock two boats were just entering to go down and one was ready to come up, so it was the Bunbury Shuffle. By the time they had finished locking we were joined by another boat coming down, one of the waterway celebrities.

Once the upcoming boat cleared we both went in and closed up only to find that two boats were entering the bottom, so one of them backed out and we did the shuffle. We carried on sharing with Arthur (the singer not the boat) At the Iron Lock we both went down together as Arthur’s boat is quite short but it was still tight on the bulge, more so than when I did it a few years back alongside  a full length working boat.
The Floating Pennywort is spreading, much more visible than a couple of weeks back

Arthur stopped at The Shady Oak, which now calls itself “The Shady” and we pushed on heading for the Cheshire Cat, but the heat got the better of us as we passed Tattenhall Marina where we pulled over in the shade.

Today’s Journey 8 miles with 6 locks in 4 hours