I liked the mooring at Calveley, and it’s clearly popular with the boats that hang around this area because many of them were there. It’s true the railway line is quite close, but there are only three or four trains an hour. Last night at around midnight there were voices outside, a man saying to a woman, ‘we’ve only got to walk a bit further to get to the boat — get up and stop lying on the ground!’ Then a few minutes later a couple of runners pounded by.
This morning was grey again but felt a bit more chilly. I set off around 9, through the bridge to the services where I set the washing machine going (having got the bedding dry yesterday in front of the stove), filled with water, and got rid of rubbish and recycling. When I was on the move again I went fairly slowly, as the washing machine still had a bit of time to go, and I wanted to get some battery charging done too. I decided I’d head along the start of the Middlewich Arm again; it meant I could complete the set of turns here, coming from the north and turning in.
When I got to the winding hole above Cholmondeston Lock I turned around and moored up between there and Bridge 4. I had the whole length to choose from, so I’m a couple of boat lengths further along than I was on Wednesday. The hedges appear to have been cut since then too, from the field side.
I walked along to Venetian Marina, partly to do some steps and partly for a bag of logs to top up supplies. I’ve finished the podcast episode I started yesterday, and have scheduled it. I suspect I’ll get wet tomorrow, and in fact the forecast seems to be rain for pretty much every day for the rest of the month.
3 miles, 0 locks. (17 miles, 0 locks)
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Yes we've been watching the weather forecast getting ever wetter and colder. Our trip out might be limited in distance but not so duration.
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