History

After several holidays in hire boats, we were keen to take the next step and buy a boat of our own. We thought it would be many years before we could afford it, perhaps by way of a timeshare first. However in 2017 my mother Eileen Secker sadly died at the age of 89. Her legacy enabled us to think about getting our dream boat straight away, and after flirting with the idea of a new build we decided to find a second-hand one which suited us, and where someone more experienced had made sensible choices. Eventually we found the Silver Kroner, bought her and renamed her in honour of Eileen, who would have very much enjoyed the joke embodied in the name.

Thursday, 13 August 2020

A Long-Expected Return

 

Wednesday 8th July 2020

We made a slightly earlier start today, and set off through Wincham and Anderton. Home waters, and a voyage only notable for being so much later than we had expected. As always this part of the trip is dominated by the timings through the tunnels, and we reached Saltersford in time to go through at noon. I dropped Loulie and the dogs off at the other side, so that she could give them a good walk, and we timed things nicely to go through Preston Brook at two.

Following our normal routine we moored up close to Keckwick Lane to walk the dogs home, and then bring the car up and unload. Later in the evening I went back up and took Eileen up to the winding hole, and back to the marina. Another boat turned in (from the Runcorn direction) just before me, Rock and Roll, and it turned out that they are moored right next to us, on the next pier, so I had a tricky little manoeuvre to reverse in past them and the boat on our pier ahead of us. I did it very nicely, to the point that the guy on Rock and Roll complimented me on how smooth it had been. I remember two years ago how I stressed about getting in, but plenty of practice and experience has given me more confidence. He also asked if we had been away on a long tour, but I explained how we had been trapped in Nantwich by the lockdown.

 

Mabel Seaman Secker resting


TODAY: 9:30 HOURS. 17.6 MILES. 1 LOCK.

Voyage: 18:20 HOURS. 35.3 MILES. 9 LOCKS.

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