Saturday 28th May 2022
We left our overnight mooring and headed towards the lift in sun-shine! We’d booked for a 10am ascent but when we arrived we were asked if we’d object to going up at 09:15 as there was only one boat booked in for that trip up, so we went straight in and up.
Moored at the bottom of the lift was the Daniel Adamson, complete with a stoker blackened with coal dust. The stewards were just arriving as we ascended, to get ready for a trip down the Weaver with paying guests. Last time we saw her, she was stranded the other side of the broken lock on the Weaver and looking sad. Today she was steaming and open for business – excellent
Some new cuddly crew members joined us once they had been liberated from the Anderton visitor centre gift shop. Brenda (trying to emulate Pamela Stephenson, who always took pictures of her crew during her South Sea adventure) used the ‘posh’ camera for a crew photo – it showed off by telling her that faces had been detected, a bright yellow and pink toy cat, a knitted monkey, two cuddly ducks, a swan and a kingfisher. That must be beak recognition mode then. Worryingly, the camera refused to take the picture as a blink had been detected. Really! Which one of you blinked – own up!
Out of the lift, we winded opposite the entrance and set off North towards Barnton where Graham had positioned the car just after Saltisford tunnel. However, we found a much better 14 day mooring before Barnton tunnel alongside a layby where the car could be positioned for loading purposes. The festival trolley came into it’s own moving all our washing, food etc to the car once Graham had retrieved it.
Then home for a couple of weeks for important events etc.
G&B
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