Up Date

This one is for Our Keith he knows the size of that net. Size 17 2lb bottom Punched Bread


Early start from Botany Bay Chorley



Kattie with her boat Dove sharing the 21 Locks through the Wigan flight



Hi All

Well here we are on our old stomping ground of Blackburn, we are moored here at Riley Green
Just on the outskirts of Blackburn and enjoying being in familiar surroundings. It has been interesting so far the weather could have been better but its the same for everyone so we just grin and bear it. its good to be back with wide locks and even wider locks, I am always amazed at just how pretty the canals are even though you are traveling through some of what was once the densest industry in the country
Its been a weekend of visitors and fishing. Check out the big bream I caught this morning, John joined us today and we think we have converted him into an angler as he managed to catch four all on his own Thomas caught his first fish "a nice perch" though in the afternoon Thomas forgot to look after his rod and we found it being towed around the marina by a fish we managed to retrieve it and the fish. its been great we have seen Thomas everyday he is growing so fast.

As mentioned the weather as been bad, the first day we had a thunder storm we were in the boat when we heard an almighty rushing of water I honestly thought we had sprung a leak I was frantically trying to find the source of the water flow when I realised that we had moored next to the run off from the car park and it was flowing out of a pipe onto the side of the boat, well it made us laugh. Tuesday we are starting out for Skipton should take about 4 days that is doing 5 hours a day after all we are retired and can't rush things, we have passengers for the first day Julie, Bethany and Rach, they haven't been in a lock before so that should be exciting for them ???

OK folks enough rubbish for one day

Buggerlugs