Busy Bank holiday

In need of the facilities at Burscough we left Gathurst yesterday and it was slow progress indeed. Lots of boats on the move plus a cruiser with a broken gearbox meant that it took us 4 hrs to get down to Lathom, just a short hop from Burscough. Still, it was a beautiful day and we were in no hurry.

Leaving Dean Lock

I wanted to run the engine for 4 hrs anyway because we had an afternoon session in Wigan on Saturday and didn't run the engine at all. We just had a normal few drinks and a bite to eat

But others had a different agenda

We met up with a few people we had met previously, some last year and another couple from before we had our boat. A lot of boats are heading to Liverpool to see the tall ships on Friday but we are tied up nicely here and might only move on tomorrow. It's a hard life!