Perfect Harmony

Perfect Harmony
Moored at Huntingdon

Thursday 21 July 2016

21st July '16

At last some internet. not sure about downloading photos but we shall see.


Not the fastest but I'll live with it! This is a deer perched atop a hill we went past a few days ago. Believe me it's a deer! I just liked the balance of the photo, hope that Ian approves.


This is what remains of Beeston Castle. It's on an amazing rocky outcrop and was all but impregnable. However the Parliamentarians managed to starve the Royalists out after a year or so, dirty tactics, but then what can you expect from the nasty Roundheads (I'm very much a Royalist by the way!).


Paddy had a bath as he was so hot. You can see he was really happy and grateful for it. The weather became really hot as we went down the big double locks but broke somewhat while we were moored outside Chester,

We had a lovely couple of days there. We went in on the bus and walked around the walls one day and then went back on the bus the next day and did the cathedral. We met a lovely couple going in who were also on a boat, John and Gwen on Nonsuch. We ended up coming back up the locks with them and having a lovely evening on the boat with a glass or two.


Saying goodbye to John and Gwen as they were heading up the Wardle to their mooring and we are continuing down the Shroppie. We've moored at the base of Hurleston Junction but the mooring had a stone step too low for our fenders and we have decided to continue down the canal a bit to Nantwich or wherever we can see a half decent mooring.

The highlight of the day was one of my shoes falling off when I was at the bow and John managing to save it as it floated past him at the stern!

Right, we're off to a better mooring.

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