Engine stop 549.5 13:00
Decided to either wait till after 09:00 to go through Wrenbury Lift Bridge to avoid holding up rush hour traffic or make an early start - which we did with only a coffee for breakfast.
Cloudy day with occasional showers. AJS turn to drive - first since last summer? Trouble-free cruise, soon catching up to a single hander (Lindy Lou) with a hire boat closing up on us. Their crew very keen and excited on their first day so played tag team with all three all the way up to Grindley Brook.
Passed Fran from Floating Our Boat YouTube channel walking the dogs on the approach to Grindley Brook. Had an enjoyable short chat with her. She came across exactly as she does on the vlogs - lovely. She said to give Rich a toot as we went past Constanze but we didn't as it all looked very quiet...
Paused at top of Grindley Brook locks for loo and rubbish then pushed on for Whitchurch arriving at the Arm around 13:00. Very ready for lunch!
Sole excitement was a very overgrown section just beyond Povey's Lock (Land of Canaan) where an oncoming boat and a moored boat were completely obscured by vegetation until the last moment. Our little boat so manoeuvrable that no problem ensued. Had we been longer, possibly another story…
ADS noticed that the DIY shop he was targeting for a replacement tap for the galley was not open the next day so we headed straight into town. Unfortunately the DIY store had virtually no taps available but recommended the Travis Perkins store on the other side of town. AJS headed back to the boat while ADS headed off on a tap hunt - successfully as it turned out. Got back to boat quite footsore as the diversion to Travis Perkins added quite a few steps to the journey!
Dinner of lamb pasta and Eccles cakes (which AJS had got in town) for pudding. Followed up with a Poirot DVD. Quiet day in prospect for tomorrow - apart from the galley plumbing!
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