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.

Sunday, 23 August 2020

Home Again

Tuesday 20th July 2020

After last night’s excitement, we made a late start, and soon stopped in Lymm to by lunch, sausage rolls again. We stopped again just before the bend at Grappenhall to take the dogs for a walk in an area of woodland there. We had more excitement, because Bridget disappeared into an area of dense woods by a stream, and would not come out. Eventually I had to fight my way in, to discover that she had got her harness stuck on a metal fence post on the bank of the stream, so she could not escape. Fortunately I was able to reach the clips on the harness and release them so she could escape, and I could disentangle the harness from the post. When we got back to the boat we had a long chat with a couple whose garden borders the towpath where we had moored.

After that it was the usual routine – back through Stockton Heath and Moore, and I dropped Loulie with the dogs at Keckwick Lane. I went on to the marina, and Loulie came with the car to unload Eileen and take me home. A nice quiet weekend away – just the sort of thing we can do impromptu, now we have the boat and I am retired.

TODAY: 6:20 HOURS. 11.5 MILES. 0 LOCKS.

Voyage: 18:50 HOURS. 29.8 MILES. 0 LOCKS.

 

 

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