Thursday 25 September 2014

Parbold to L&L Bridge 34

Ran the engine in the morning. Wendy came at coffee time and we spent most of the day catching up. After she left we decided to go on down to the junction with the Rufford arm, but stopped short of that when we encountered the 24 hour moorings by the Ring o' Bells. Bit short on engine time for the batteries, but can't be helped.

Strong lateral wind when we were negotiating swing bridge 36 made things a bit tricky, and at first we couldn't get the key out of the mechanism because of the Stop warning arms had not clicked home completely.

2.5 miles, 0 locks, 1 swing bridge, 2.8 hours engine