Gralyns Log

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Locks 6 Miles 14.9 Taking on water at Stone. The main town area is behind the willow tree and star Lock is under the bridge I suppose it was to be expected, after a good day with boat tra...

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Locks 13 Miles 9.7 A good run today at last we are seeing other boats on the cut, fortunately at locks where we can halve the effort of locking by using the lock after a boat has left it or by ...

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Locks 13 Miles 14.8 1 long Tunnel I have worn two hats today one to keep off the rain and one to keep off the sun. The day startedwith some sunshine to see us down Bosley locks. Every lock was ...

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As stated in my last post we have decided to sell GRALYN at the end of our cruise to the Thames this year. I will be advertising the fact in the windows inviting interested parties to request a l...

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I have just been reviewing the blog before I start on the 2013 trip report and it looks like I didn't finish last years trip report and I seem to have lost all the pictures. I will look into...

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Dover Lock to Dunham Massey Miles21.5, Locks 0 Lift Bridges 1 An early start today to get to Plank Lane Lift Bridge before "Rush Hour" starts at 8 am. Then a short stop in Leigh for groceries a...

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Melling to Burscough Miles 14.5, Swing bridges 8 We stayed at bridge 10 near Melling last night and set off early to do the 12 miles to Bridge 31 before noon when the CaRT (BW) staff operating ...

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Litherland to Salthouse Dock Liverpool Miles 6.2 Locks 6 6 Pictures today of our arrival in Liverpool Approaching Princes Dock Lock with the Liver Building in the background  Waiting at Ca...

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Aintree to Litherland Miles 6 Swing Bridges 1 A change of plan. just after midday when th NCCC crowd had joined us at bridge 9, a couple of C&RT guys turned up and asked if we were prepared to ...

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Maghull to Aintree 1 Mile, 1 Swing Bridge We have moved up to bridge 9 in anticipation of the arrival of the rest of the NCCC convoy. It only took about 20 mins not even long enough for M to dr...

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Burscough to Maghull Miles 12.9 Locks 0 Swing Bridges 7 We are on our way again and at last we have managed to post updates to the blog so looke further down to catch up with our trip from the ...

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At Burscough The boat stayed at Burscough all day whilst we went to the seaside on the train. Southport is only 13 mins away and the fare was cheaper than that on the tram that takes you to the ...

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Crooke to Burscough Miles8.4 Locks 2 Swing bridges 3 The scenery changes quite dramatically as we descended the River Douglas valley. Starting with rolling hills and finishing on a fen like p...

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Worsley to Crooke Miles 26.1, Locks 6 and one lift bridge We are now on the Leeds and Liverpool Canal just west of Wigan We passed the famous "Wigan Pier" The one below is the real one  An...

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Lymm to Worsley Miles 15.7 Locks 0 Swing Bridges 1 Today's trip saw us crossing the western edge of Greater Manchester passing through sale stretford and worsley. We crossed the  Manchester Sh...

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Anderton to Lymm Miles 17.3 Locks 1 Tunnels 3. Shortly after leaving Anderton we passed through Dutton and  Saltisford tunnels then a long run and a lock with a fall of 3 inches and we were...

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Flashes to Middlewich Miles3.2, locks 4 The last of our short trip days as we will join our friends tomorrow for the journey to Liverpool. We split our day travelling to Middlewich first thing...

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Weaver Aqueduct to The Flashes. Miles 3.8 locks 0 Such a short trip today I didn't even take any photo's so I will put up some of the crossing of the Pontcysyllte Aqueduct I didn't show earlier...

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Nantwich to The R Weaver Aqueduct on the Middlewich Branch Miles 8.5, Locks 2 days 2 No post last night as there was no signal to connect to the internet. It is looking good tonight so i will t...

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At Nantwich All our travels today have been by Bus (Thanks to our National Bus Passes). This morning we handed our laundry into the maria laundrett for a service wash and caught the bus into Cre...

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Wrenbury to Nantwich Miles 8.1, Locks 9, Lift Bridges 1 We set off early again as the weather forecast was for rain later, we also wanted to have a look around Nantwich when we got there. Be...

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Grindley Brook to Wrenbury Miles 6.4 Locks 10 1 Lift bridge. A short trip today so we could stop at the Cotton arms at Wrenbury to use their free WiFi. I will also update the last few days wit...

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Ellesmere to Grindley Brook 13.2 Miles, 5 Lift Bridges and 1 Tunnel. We spent yesterday at Ellesmere just loafing around and doing a bit of touch-up work to the boat. It was a nice day in th...

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Llangollen to Ellesmere Miles 18.8, Locks 2, Lift Bridges 1, Tunnels 2 and the Pontcysyllte Yesterday we were moored in the marina at Llangollen and had a ride on the steam railway before lo...

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