Monday 15th August 2022
Last night we’d found out that one other boat moored overnight at Crooke was booked in for the 14:00 transit through Poolstock locks so we agreed to share locks up to Wigan in the morning.
This morning, we set off in hope …. The weather was warm but without the blazing blue sky we’ve had the past few days. We had an un-eventful cruise up through three locks to arrive at the Wigan holding point at 11am for our appointment to ‘leave the area’ It started raining, but not a lot.
2pm came and we readied for the off. Our partner through the locks was a single handed newbie in nb Woodstock, a hire boat that had been loaned her for two weeks. She is performing a plant study of some sort or other in the Wigan area, repeating research that her Gran did in the 50s. Her boat was her base and also dark room to process the data and photos.
One of the Wigan volunteers accompanied to help with the difficult locks. With CaRT lockies too we made easy, if slow progress through the three locks and onto the Leigh branch of the L&L canal. Free at last!
As we passed Scotman's flash, we picked up something around the prop so pulled into the side to clear it, however by the time Graham had got down the weedhatch there was nothing there so it must have been cleared during our mooring operation.
Moored next to an old shale pit on Ince Moss, our company for the night was wildfowl. En-route there, we’d picked a pint and a half of nice blackberries for tonight’s tea.
G&B
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