Harnser's Travels

Just to put you all in the picture, this morning we left Harnser at Northwich Drydock and took an Uber, first for us, back to Barby, picked up our car and drove home. Harnser will get a cleaned and painted bum and we will return to continue with our journey. Sorry is its not as exciting as Narrow Escapes or Canal Boat diaries.

We dumped the rubbish, this is the last waste disposal point going upstream waved goodbye to Steve and set off upstream, I gave Martin the Saltisford lock keeper a ring to say we were on our way and he had the lock ready when we arrived. Shortly after leaving the lock we passed the dredging disposal site. the digger driver sitting in his cab waiting so I knew Rouben was on hi...

Boy did it rain last night, about 8mm in a series of very heavy showers. We heard a noise about 7 AM an looking out saw a bunch of canoes, no idea where they came from that time of the day. We pushed off about 10 AM. Bob the Dutton lock keeper had given me his phone number so I rang him from near the viaduct to tell him we were on our way.

Not a good night, it was quite windy when we went to bed and the boat was knocking, so got up and put wheelbarrow wheel fenders down, then the rudder was creaking, so out again and lashed that down, come 1-30 AM the police were out with a big light shining down from their helicopter somewhere over Frodsham way.
This morning we woke to light rain but it soon died away. The...

What has happened to summer, the outside temperature was in single figures last night and we woke to heavy rain. Thankfully the rain stopped before we got up. The river is really busy now, another Narrowboat joined us on the moorings last night and we have seen two cruisers go by today, well it is Saturday. Last night I posted a photo of the dredger, flat and tug going by. It...