Holiday weekend and all the boats are out. Moved about 500yds to the first lock of the day. # 6 in the cue. now a cue of 6 doesn't seem many but for every boat that goes down, one comes up. 90 minutes latter we are down the lock and on our way. no further delays as all the boats are now evenly spaced. Moored up at Nantwich. lovely town with such a variety of buildings. Elizabethan, Tudor, Georgan and up to modern day. Excellent for photos as almost all shops shut and very few people about late heading back to the boat so Italian tonight.
Monday 31. 0 miles, 0 locks.
Spent some time in the morning on boat maintenance then lucked in with a visit and tour Dorfold Hall, a lived in Jacobian house. Only open because it was bank holiday monday. Beautiful gardens.
Tuesday 1 June. 8 miles 4 locks.
A day of drifting along. Drizzle in the morning but fined up after lunch. Feature of today was our first acquaintance with double locks. They are twice as wide so two boats can go through together. Not too much drama here except the gates are bigger and heavier and you need twice as much water. Moored up between the Beeston Stone and Iron locks. Went for an evening walk and came across a pub (Beeston Castle) so another night dining out. How sad.
Lovely blog, John, but time you learned how to put up the photos to enhance it. Although your words do paint a picture.
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