Nantwich

Saturday 18th July

The overnight rain and wind cleared and the morning was dry, although very overcast. After the two Swanley locks we soon reached the Hurleston Flight. Despite a steady flow of boats in both directions earlier, there was surprisingly no queue and we dropped down to the junction quickly smoothly.

Not long after joining the main Shropshire Union canal we arrived at Nantwich Basin where we used the water and disposal facilities. A BW man was awaiting help to clear the blocked sanitary dispoal point - he had just put up warning tape across the door - but he kindly arranged for us to use the former elsan point attached to the boatyard.

We planned a shopping trip but were concerned whether we would find an empty mooring spot. Christine went ahead with the radio and it was not until the end of the line of mooring sites that we were able to pull in. (We tried an earlier spot but it was not long enough).

After lunch we went into town and returned with two heavy rucksacks and umpteen carrier bags! We also checked out the times of Sunday services at Nantwich church. We decided to take it easy for the rest of the day - just as well as rain soon returned and overnight was especially wet.