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Saturday, October 15, 2011

Acacia & Dory at Anderton on the River Weaver

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Alcor at Vale Royal Locks - River Weaver

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Friday, October 14, 2011

Sandbach with a Little Towing on the Weaver

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Thursday, October 13, 2011

Steam Powered Narrowboat "Whistle Down the Wind" leaving Acton Bridge

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Tug Kennet Leaving Acton Bridge

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Series 1 Landies at Acton Bridge

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Landy Fire Engine at Acton Bridge

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Jim Taylor on Empress Leaving Acton Bridge

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ECW Bodied AEC Matador Bus Recovery Vehicle at Acton Bridge - My Favourite

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Iconic Routemaster at Acton Bridge

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Sentinel Steam Lorry at Acton Bridge

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Our Godson Peter & Some Traction Engines at Acton Bridge

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Monday, October 10, 2011

Geoff Bryant Playing in his Little Classic Speedboat at Acton Bridge

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George Boyle back on Alton's Tiller for a Run on the Weaver

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Duker Parfield Winding at Acton Bridge

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Boats Big & Small at Acton Bridge

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Gypsy Caravan at Acton Bridge

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Nightboating Through Brunner Mond Works at Wincham

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Stour Passing Alton at Christleton

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Alex Moving Some of the Load to Help us get Through the Scour in Chester Basin

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Alton at Ellesmere Port Boat Museum

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Showers! Wheelock = Out of Order, Red Bull = Out of Order, Anderton = Useless & Filthy - Thanks BW!

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I Love to use my GH Cooke Windlass on the Cheshire Locks

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Empty Pound at Malkins Bank after Someone Left a Bottom Paddle up & Top Gate Open

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Night Boating on the Cheshire Locks

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A Lovely Day for Bosley Locks

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Alton on Marple Aqueduct

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Alton Stuck Mid Channel nr Portland Basin

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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.