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[Khriss]

( you gonna buy those tool clips or what , Kev  ... )

[eggsarascal]

On 06/07/2020 at 19:08, TIMON said:

A lot less time spent travelling to and from work.

A holiday (finally) booked on a narrow boat... always wanted to do it but I’ve never been able to persuade the mrs.. as the UK weather is too much of a gamble..

More time to practice on the drum kit..

Come on @TIMON no pictures it didn't happen.

[TIMON]

Come on @TIMON no pictures it didn't happen.

Going in a fortnight Eggs.... on the Shroppie

[eggsarascal]

3 hours ago, TIMON said:

 

Going in a fortnight Eggs.... on the Shroppie

 

The Shroppie is a weird but great cut. I learnt how to moore on springs there, it's one of the only canals that is tidal, well sort of, it takes the water from The Mersey and The Manchester Ship canal, water levels rise and fall like no other canal. Grab some pictures.

 

slack ropes.

Edited August 22, 2020 by eggsarascal

[TIMON]

The Shroppie is a weird but great cut. I learnt how to moore on springs there, it's one of the only canals that is tidal, well sort of, it takes the water from The Mersey and The Manchester Ship canal, water levels rise and fall like no other canal. Grab some pictures.
 
slack ropes.

Not many locks apparently... going to be starting at Breward heading north. First time so probably won’t go that far.. maybe Market Drayton and back. Depends how much progress we can make without spending all the time at the tiller.
Will definitely post some pics.

[eggsarascal]

11 minutes ago, TIMON said:

 

Not many locks apparently... going to be starting at Breward heading north. First time so probably won’t go that far.. maybe Market Drayton and back. Depends how much progress we can make without spending all the time at the tiller.
Will definitely post some pics.

 

Unless you get upto Audlham, it used to take me hours to get through the flight on my own.

 

When I first got a boat I was told by the fella I got it off there was no rush.

[TIMON]

Unless you get upto Audlham, it used to take me hours to get through the flight on my own.
 
When I first got a boat I was told by the fella I got it off there was no rush.

No rush, sounds like the perfect holiday.

[Khriss]

Lovely boat.  How old is that @TIMON  ?  K

[eggsarascal]

I'd guess with it being a hire boat it's no more than 10 years old, it needs out of the water to be re-blacked but that probably won't happen until the end of the season.

 

Trad stern but with that big hatch it looks more like a semi-trad.

[TIMON]

Hey Khriss . Like Eggs has said it’s a hire boat so apart from the pics on the brochure we haven’t seen it. We’ve booked for a week early in September.
We were lucky to get it as so many people are doing ‘staycations’ this year.