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Monday, October 10, 2011
Our Indian Summer Trip!
Well firstly apologies, it's been a while since we've posted, life has been a bit hectic & we've been too busy living it rather than writing about it. We have been away boating for nearly 3 weeks after collecting Alton from Ashton Packet Boat Company on Wed 21st September. We had a lot of ground to cover so it was quite a few early (5.30am) starts and late finishes (10pm ish) that got us to Ellesmere Port for the following Wednesday 28th September. We had run low on supplies by this point so we reloaded here on Thursday with diesel & solid fuels, making for a very bouncy journey back to Chester. Our friend Alex (nb bewitched) helped us up to Christleton, where we met Clayton's tarboat Spey at the top lock & had a brief chat with Ian Macc & Bob Lear.
A couple more long days with some wonderful weather, saw us going down the Anderton Boat Lift on Saturday morning and then heading down river to the Acton Bridge Steam Rally for the weekend. This is a lovely friendly & relaxed gathering of everything from steam powered narrowboat, barges, traction engines, lorries, landrovers & even a gypsy cavan and horse.
I'll try & post some more details of our return trip & a few photo's over the next few days.
A couple more long days with some wonderful weather, saw us going down the Anderton Boat Lift on Saturday morning and then heading down river to the Acton Bridge Steam Rally for the weekend. This is a lovely friendly & relaxed gathering of everything from steam powered narrowboat, barges, traction engines, lorries, landrovers & even a gypsy cavan and horse.
I'll try & post some more details of our return trip & a few photo's over the next few days.
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