Another day on the Shroppie, sunny, hot and totally enjoyable. This really is a wonderful canal with fabulous scenery. It seems to be better maintained than others, although the few locks we tackled today were tough, but fortunately double so we had two crews to help at each.we have arranged to meet our eldest son at the Cheshire Cat pub near Chester tomorrow evening thus ensuring today's cruising was leisurely. We have moored as usual in the middle of nowhere conveniently close to the Shady Oak pub. The mooring last night proved exciting for the cats as they were chased through the cat flap by at least one mink in the early hours. Mink are particularly aggressive creatures and make a very distinct squeaking noise. Luckily they chose not to enter the boat as I am unsure what our defence would have been. Perhaps we should sleep with a pistol under our pillow?
The Shroppie is well geared for recreational use but was one of the last canals to be used commercially in the 1960's, transporting oil from Liverpool docks to the Midlands
Some of my blog titles titles are now becoming Coded but you will need to wait until they are published to break it, sorry.
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