Nantwich

Here I am Rune

Distance 1.7 miles

Total 2932 Locks  142 Tunnels

Running total mileage 4205.9 miles

We have been in Nantwich for a bit longer than we had hoped/anticipated due to the recent cold weather. The parts to fix our stove have now been obtained and the intention today was to travel out to Barbridge for them to be fitted, the trip however became a trip to nowhere!

The section of canal on which we are moored has thawed out so I foolishly thought that the rest of it would be the same, it wasn’t. We set off towards the Nantwich winding hole to turn around to head to Barbridge and after about 400 yards we ran into ice. We did manage to get to the winding hole and after about 25 minutes of breaking up the ice in the winding hole, we managed to turn around and get back to where we were moored. We have taken the opportunity to refill the water tank and take on some diesel but travelling further seems to be out of the question at the moment. I spoke with someone walking into Nantwich from the Henhull direction and his boat has been stopped by ice at the Henhull moorings so it looks as though we will be at our current mooring probably until after Christmas.

RUNE in the snow