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Narrowboat Holiday Day 15 - Grindley Brook to Whittington (6.6 hours; 17.5 miles, 0 locks)

4/18/2022

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We had a good night sleep.  It was a quiet and pleasant mooring.  We plan on going a pretty good distance today, so we should get an earlier start, but I feel like cooking eggs for breakfast.  So, I made eggs and we didn’t get off until 9:20 AM.
The good news for the day is that we don’t have any locks to worry about, although we do have 3 bridges, but those don’t take the time or effort of locks.  The first lift bridge was only 16 minutes after we left and the second was 15 minutes later.  We got very lucky and there were a boat ahead of us that opened the first bridge.  I managed the second bridge on my own.
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With only one more bridge left and no locks, we could sit back…and just enjoy the scenery of our boat ride for the rest of the day.
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Other boats ahead, around the bend
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Slow boat ahead. He finally allowed us to pass.
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Enjoying the day.
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Cool tree & cool Tim
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Another boat ahead.
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Entering a shorter tunnel.
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We actually arrived at our planned stop at 4:00 PM, way earlier that we have planned.  We thought we should continue on, but the next town would take at least 2 - 2.5 hours and the weather says it could rain for the next 2 hours.  This made it a pretty easy decision to just stay where we are.  Plus, there is a pub right across from our boat making the decision to stay even easier.

Since it was only 4 PM, we head straight to the pub.   We went in and ordered a couple of pints of the only real ale they had.  As we were looking for a place to sit, a table of regulars invited us to join them.  We wound up spending the next 2.5 hours hanging out and talking to this awesome group of men.  For tow of the men, we could barely understand them, but the more beer we had, the easier it was.  What a great night, but we needed to eat, so we headed back to the boat.
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I made breaded fish, chips (fries) left over from a few days ago, broccoli, and special sauce (mayo & ketchup).
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We thought about heading back to the pub, but we felt more and more tired after dinner, so stayed in.  We watched “Belfast” which I had on a thumb drive and blogged a bit before going to sleep.  Tomorrow has a lot of highlights, so it should be a good day.  Util then….
1 Comment
Mary
4/20/2022 02:02:43 pm

Really nice pheasant.

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