Thursday 29 August 2013

Day 109 .... 29.08.13 .... Shardlow

Here we are back on the Trent and enjoying going on the wide spaces, having re-provisioned at Shardlow.  The first self-service red diesel pump we have seen and a decent price. 


Lovely journey, although short,  up to the junction of the rivers and the canal. ..................


........................... Canal looking picturesque though  .....................



.......................... just after Maggie took this picture at the blind flood lock we met a wide beam coming down and had to reverse smartish.  Always the case on blind bends ................. and then at the next bridge........


............... a somewhat large old narrow boat.  This is an old working boat converted to live-aboard. Another smartish reverse !!
Got moored up in Shardlow and Darren, the welder came and gave our side hatch a few good smacks with a large hammer and lo and behold the hatch is back in pristine condition position-wise but in need of a touch up of paint.
We are spending the next couple of days doing a few jobs on the boat prior to going further up north before the run back down to Crick and the sale of the boat.

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