Llangollen trip Day#2

Sunday 14th May 2023

Last evening, as the sun went down we were saying how wonderful it was that all we could hear was bird-song. Forget the ‘dawn chorus’. Last night’s ensemble we still abed when the soloist was giving it all at stupid hours this morning. Who-ever killed cock-robin could have the ‘contract’.

 

It was all foggy when we awoke (see picture of same trees as last night) but it soon cleared to produce a lovely sunny day with ‘Warmth!’ There were quite a few boats around, a good few hired which bodes well for the tourist trade this summer.

The swan at Rose Narrowboats is not nesting near the swing bridge any more, it’s moved further into the boat yard.

 

It was a relatively un-eventful trip until we reached Hawkesbury junction. There was a boat moored on the lock landing (having their lunch it would seem) and the hire boat in front of us pulled over onto the off-side waterpoint landing and just sat there.

We pulled in behind the lunchers and enquired whether the hire boat was going through. It appeared that they were waiting for the CaRT man to come and work the lock for them. We informed them that was not going to happen and so they got off and set the lock. Once they were through, we waited for another boat to come up before we entered the lock. During this time, Brenda had befriended an old walking couple who lived in Coventry and visited Sutton’s often.

He was keen to work a paddle with the windlass and we gave them both a ride in Jannock’s foredeck, through the lock and round the turn dropping them off at the narrows. The Hargreaves Trust boat was moored by the bridge whilst their passengers were taking lunch in the Greyhound so I asked the crew if Terry R was on board. He wasn’t so we thought he and Christine might be at home. 30 minutes later we slowed as we passed their house but no sign of any-one at home.

 

Benda almost crashed the boat as she tried to take photos of the new monstrosity of a building near Arbury Park. We continued on past Nuneaton (and the wonderful garden wall mural) and Hartshill to moor for the night at just after 4pm at Mancetter. Graham set too and finally got the MiFi unit to connect to the internetweb and allow us to update all the missing blog posts.

 

G&B