Down onto the Weaver

Friday 27th May 2022

Last night we decided that as we were running ahead of schedule we would book the Anderton lift down onto the Weaver to return on Saturday. If nothing else, it was good use of our extra days and at £10 for both trips, it was cheaper than a funfair ride. The Weaver also meant the Graham could wash some of that orange muck from Jannock’s roof and sides using cleaner river water.

There were plenty of early boats passing us before we set off this morning. It was clear that most of the boats that passed us at normal cruising speed were privateers. One steerer had a most impressive bow wave and seemed to be tacking – he was engrossed in a call on his mobile phone. Ironically it was the hire boats making their way back to base at Anderton that were the ones slowing down to pass us – just saying ……..

 

We were the only boat on our 10:45 transit down to the River Weaver on the lift. Even after our 3rd trip down on Jannock it still feels special.

We approached Northwich town pontoon moorings pleased to see that there was plenty of room. Unfortunately all of the gaps were too short to get a boat into as the boats already there had tied up so far apart.

Since we needed to get the Di Blasi off the boat to move the car, tying up against the high wall was not an option and so Graham reversed Jannock into the gap between the pontoon and the river wall and tied to the sliding pillar. The front end was then tied to the wall. The smart live-aboard that was on the end of the moorings had her garden chairs, faux lawn and drinks table set up on the pontoon. She didn’t look too pleased when we tied up against her ‘garden’.

 

After lunch, Graham went and fetched the car from Church Lawton and Brenda went for a mooch around the shopping centre finishing at Asda where the larder was re-provisioned. After a couple of shops and a busker, Brenda realised how much she dislikes the constant sound of muzak and how she doesn’t miss constant urban noise when we are cruising.

 

Shopping and shuffling completed, we left the pontoon and returned back downstream to the country park pontoons where there was plenty of space. Graham washed Jannock and then we had dinner.

G&B