Once the early morning mist had lifted, Monday was sunny and warm.
Back to the boat by bus, train and taxi. We were ready to set off by 10.45 and turned onto the Trent and Mersey Canal and continued our journey through the Potteries.
We have a long day ahead of us; in fact we have a few long days ahead of us as we have to be in Ellesmere Port by Thursday evening.
About an hour later we arrived at Harecastle Tunnel.
This tunnel has one-way traffic and is strictly controlled by CRT staff. There were already three boats on their way through towards us so we would have to wait. We decided to have an early lunch while we waited. At 12.40 we entered the tunnel and about half an hour later we emerged into the sunlight again.
Then the locks started. We did 16 today, but fortunately there were a number of other boats about and several of the locks were set ready for us so we got through everything quite quickly and we moored up just after 5.00. The countryside on this stretch is not spectacular, just gentle and very pleasant.
We have had a bit of a hitch though. We have discovered
that we have a water leak somewhere. That sounds a bit vague; we know
that some carpet tiles near the front of the boat are damp and when Steve took
them up, some of the wooden floor shows signs of having been wet for some time.
Our solution at the moment is to monitor the situation unless it gets worse
very quickly, in which case we’ll rethink!
This tunnel has one-way traffic and is strictly controlled by CRT staff. There were already three boats on their way through towards us so we would have to wait. We decided to have an early lunch while we waited. At 12.40 we entered the tunnel and about half an hour later we emerged into the sunlight again.
Then the locks started. We did 16 today, but fortunately there were a number of other boats about and several of the locks were set ready for us so we got through everything quite quickly and we moored up just after 5.00. The countryside on this stretch is not spectacular, just gentle and very pleasant.
Locks 16 Miles 10.25 Total Locks 87 Total Miles 115
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