Tuesday, 13 July 2021

Tixall Wide

Here I am Rune

Distance 6  miles

Total 4275 Locks  272 Tunnels

Running total mileage 6,516.2 miles

 

Once again, a pleasant cruise bringing us to Tixall Wide where I hope to remain until sometime about Friday or even Saturday. It is a wonderful place to moor overlooking Tixall Gatehouse, a Landmark Trust property available to rent. The forecast looks good, and getting even better towards the end of the week.

As far as today’s trip went, all relatively unremarkable. A few boats on the move but with only 2 locks to do, nothing to hold us up at all. The only small area of concern was on a bend in the canal near to the River and Canal Rescue headquarters where a boat was moored in a position on the bend which obstructed vision ahead for both myself and a boat coming the other way. I had to stop but can’t really call it anything like a ‘near miss’.

When we’ve decided we’ve had enough of Tixall Wide (although that might take a while!) we’ll go up to Great Haywood junction, top up with water, empty stuff and had back towards Birmingham.

 

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