Shopping in Nantwich can be accomplished in an hour as Aldi is next to Morrisons and I can do my main shop in Aldi with special items at Morrisons. Arrive on the bus, scoot long to Aldi, shop, go next door to Morrisons, shop, leg it to the bus station, catch return bus with about 5 minutes to spare. Of course it all depends on how long I decide to check out the weekly specials and/or the charity shops.
Fuel boat Lindsay arrived today, made good use of them and topped up with coal (18 x 20 kg) and diesel (60 Lt). 18 bags coal for 4 weeks between us isn't bad, 9 bags each, just over two a week, £30 a week to keep the boat warm and toasty all day and all night.

Dennis.

Iowner.

Becoming a sort of home base as far as facilities go, not surprising as thy are the only ones for quite a way. The facilities at Nantwich are OK but having used them there is a fair old journey to turn around again unless we wanted to negotiate a whole bunch of locks to get to the next facilities.

Moored above Cholmondeston lock and close to the winding hole so that we can decide whether to go on or back.

Decided to go onwards, we do like this spot to moor at and it is sort of convenient if Thirle wants to come and visit for a day or two.
Thirle is one of my No2's elder sisters and the one with whom she has the most rapport. She (Thirle) was diagnosed with cancer a while ago and has expressed a desire to visit if she feels well enough, hence the choice of mooring. Accommodation in the village, pleasant setting, nice walks.

Thirle couldn't make it in the end and we needed to use the facilities so here we are again.
I have been considering replacing all those horrible carpet tiles in the lounge with a proper carpet (as I have done in the bedroom) and while at the facilities I noticed a whole bunch of carpet underlay strips, each about 6ft x 1ft and a quick calculation revealed that there were enough to cover the whole of my lounge floor and a bit, so, hey ho, they were promptly stored in my 'attic' on the roof. I call the space under the solar panels my attic as it is a convenient place to store stuff that is covered and on the roof of the boat. Chester is the choice destination for shopping from Calverly.

Heading towards Llangollen, negotiated the Hurlston flight and moored up just above the lock mooring bollards. Still got problems with low water levels in the pound between locks 1 and 2.
I know that it is the quiet season but it still annoys me when I see boats, especially hire boats, moored on facility moorings for days on end. Above all the hire organisations should know better, especially when there are many spare moorings just a few hundred yards away.

Moved along a bit so as not to block the moorings just above the Hurlston flight as the area there is reserved for people using and waiting to use the flight, mind you, at this time of year that doesn't amount to very many boats.