This is another of our favourite moorings, it is about 1.5 miles out of Marple, the area is known as The Strines.
We were planning to move off this week down the Macclesfield canal and head for the Llangollan Canal, but have decided to hang around here for another few days. The reason is that we are due to have our boat safety inspection, our current certificate expires in May; this is like an MOT for boats, it comes around every 4 years and ensures that things like gas, ventilation, battery compartment, electrics etc are safe. One of the other boaters has arranged to have an inspector visit and if he can do 4 boats in a day he will do it for £90 each, which is quit a saving. It will save us having to arrange it ourselves and rendezvous somewhere; all in all this will be much more convenient, and that’s it out of the way for another 4 years.
Yesterday about 100 yards from us, British Waterways cut down some branches of a tree (ash) that was over hanging and becoming a hazard to boaters . They cut the wood into short manageable lengths and left them at the side of the tow path for boaters to help themselves. So, knowing that it will not be around for long we reversed the boat and moored beside it and loaded as much as we needed onto the roof; returned to our mooring, and got out the chain saw.
Carol from Yorkshire:
The World cruise will be aboard the 59 ft cruiser Gemini, as this is a small vessel the cruise will commence as soon as the Somali pirates have been sent to the naughty step.
Thank you, thank you, thank you.
I think it might be a baby highland cow??? Everything looks good, hope to see you soon. We will bring Jess, should be fun. We will only come for the day, don’t worry Grahame.
Well done Carol from West Yorkshire. Carol is the winner of our 1st prize, a world cruise.
I would just like to thank my husband, for being there for me, my brother for giving me this chance and, everyone else I know for their support and encouragement to go in for this great competition, thank you so much.