Our next round of planned kiwi guests arrived on Saturday 30th June for a three-night canal adventure. Deb and Graeme had spent the previous few weeks travelling around Europe, their main destination being a UK friend's daughter's wedding in Santorni. Fortunately when they arrived with us the weather in Manchester wasn't too shabby after the … Continue reading A Succession of Summer Visitors Part 2
Castlefield Basin
Family on board from Winsford to Manchester
We easily survived the four long days of travelling at 3 mph last week, in anticipation of Barry's fabulous itinerary for my younger sister Viv and her husband Ray. It'd been almost three years since they stayed on board together, due to a variety of reasons like their wedding at Bath last February. Early on … Continue reading Family on board from Winsford to Manchester
A photographers canal-related perspective of (mainly) Manchester
This is unashamedly a purely pictorial post, of Barry's 2014 Manchester experience ... Castlefield Basin and Beetham Tower We like Manchester - can you tell?
Re-visiting the Anderton Boat Lift – and venturing into new territory
There's reportedly seven wonders of the Inland Waterways in Britain. To date, we've been fortunate enough to experience six of them - and we're planning on completing the seventh next month. The Barton Swing Aqueduct we've even had the opportunity to visit AND see open twice, in 2009 and 2013. Last week we returned to the … Continue reading Re-visiting the Anderton Boat Lift – and venturing into new territory