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| The Rural Shropshire Union Canal |
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| Chugging under Railway Bridge |
It was another hot and sunny day as we set off to Chester basin. It was strange as from this point, there didn’t
seem to be any weed in the canal, yet the stretch from here to Ellesmere Port
was covered in it. Chugged on down the
canal, didn’t see one boat. Got to the basin
and there was a lot of boats moored, but there was a space for us. We stopped for water, then moored up,
unfortunately it wasn’t the best spot for the solar panels, as there was a tree
there and they would be in the shade by the afternoon, but it was the only spot
available. We had lunch, then headed up
into the city. Got our bits and pieces,
then headed back to the canal and had a drink at Telford’s Warehouse which is
right on the canal in the basin. Patrick
and Pat were moored just up from there, so we walked up to say hello and had a
cup of tea and cake with them. Patrick
makes fenders and the chap he gets his rope, etc from was delivering some stuff to their
boat. Kev wants to make a button fender
for the front of our boat, so he chatted to Dave the Fender man and ordered
some rope and a core so he can have a go.
Dave is going to deliver them to our boat tomorrow morning. Walked back to our boat and had tea. There is a chap called Stevie that sleeps on
the bench by the canal, he is harmless enough and friendly, so I offered him
and his mate some chicken biryani which they accepted and seemed to enjoy, I
wouldn’t give him money but I would gladly give a meal, that was our good deed
for the day. Then just chilled out. Staying here tomorrow as well as we are off
for our posh meal tomorrow night, really looking forward to that.
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| Back to Chester Basin |
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