After last night’s recce, we started today by moving Jannock half a mile to be near bridge 34 – this made it easier to get the DiBlasi onto the road as it had a ramp for access and not steps.
Graham then set off on the 33 mile car recovery trip back to Barbridge. Car fetched and suitably parked in Gnosall Heath ready for the next leg, he arrived back at Jannock just after 12 and so we were off.
Once through the tunnel, all 84 meters of it, we continued down the Shroppie through alternating cuttings and embankments, showing how this canal was engineered for speed, to Wheaton Aston where Graham planned to top up the diesel tank. However, with one boat being served and another waiting, he decided to continue back to the marina and fill there. So we continued on to, and up, Wheaton Aston lock instead.
Then through more wooded cuttings and across Telford’s A5 aqueduct where it started to rain just as we were entering Brewood. We moored for the night on the visitor moorings in the cutting just after Brewood bridge – at least the tree cover here meant that Graham could moor up without getting soaked.
G&B
2 comments:
You are quite away ahead of us Audlem Mill tonight
Yes matey. Not likely to meet up unless you are returning to your mooring and you catch up whilst we are moving the car.
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