So I started the engine and we set off through Nantwich at around 10 AM. The weather was ok, not warm and at one point I had my wooly hat on, but at least it wasn't raining. South of Nantwich there was an audience of about 20 people watching us from a bridge. "What are you all doing?" I asked as we passed underneath, "We are on a four mile walk and we are having a rest" came the reply. They didn't ask for a lift. A bit further on we came across a cow wandering along the towpath towards us. It seemed very interested in us and as we went past it mooed at us as though asking for a lift. I don't know where it came from or where it got to. I hope the farmer got it back!
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| Cow wanting a lift |
By this time the engine had been running for about 3 hours and the Smart Gauge was reading 100 so we started the dishwasher.
Audlem was then upon us. We had a little break at the bottom lock then set to for the flight of 15 locks. After a while the inverter was doing it's switching off and on again thing with an error 02 showing on the gauge. Anyway we got into a rhythm for the locks. Some were in our favour and some against us. We met a few NBs coming the other way which is always a bonus in a lock flight. We got to the top lock at about 4pm so it had taken us some 2 and a half hours to do the flight. We moored up for a cup of tea above the top lock. It was so peaceful that we decided to call it a day and stay there for the night.
We needed to run the engine a bit longer to get the gauge back up to 100. I then cooked a Monday roast dinner.
Summary:
8 and a half miles, 17 locks, 5 helicopters, 1 hitching cow.
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