Engine hours start: 339.1 end: 343.1= 4 hours
Miles:5 Locks:5 & 1 lift bridge Lock miles: 11
Set off around 10:00 and arrived at Swanley locks in around 20-25 minutes.
Took it slowly through the locks as first solo ones of the year!
Weather dry but chilly.
First two of the Baddiley locks had boats coming out which was nice. Had to work the last one though it was empty already so no problem.
Stopped just before Wrenbury Church Lift Bridge to recce the mooring nearer the village. There were plenty!
Worked though the Wrenbury Church Lift Bridge and even let another boat through.
Moored outside Cotton Arms campsite around 14:00.
Visited Wrenbury Mill chandlery and bought a new chimney and a bag of Excel briquettes to try instead of the current bag of coal which is very unsatisfactory leaving lots of clinker.
Then to Cotton Arms for a couple of pints of "Bitter and Twisted". Took a picture to tweet to Henry Priestman. He didn't reply but another fan got the reference and replied.
Quiet afternoon and evening on boat reading. Pizza and salad for dinner.
Logs and pictures of trips on the UK canals on Narrowboat "Mind Like Water"
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