Middlewich

I wrote in my previous post that we would stay at Marston for a "day or two ". Well we ended up staying for six days and managed to make a start on some jobs plus getting a full engine service done. Add to that around eighteen miles of walking and we should be losing weight. If only every walk didn't end at the Salt Barge 🍺.
Actually, the reason we stayed so long was that Charlotte was picking us up on Sunday so we could watch Logan's first match for Leigh Miners Rangers U7s. Given that he played "blind", i.e. No glasses (his sports specs weren't ready in time) he played a blinder, winning Most Improved Player! It was really great fun to watch the kids and it was hilarious watching the coaches trying to control them! Knock ons were ignored as were slight incidences of foot in touch, but serious transgressions were acted upon - one of our kids absolutely clothes lined one of theirs and was taken off immediately!
After returning to Lottie we immediately set off for Middlewich, calling in at Orchard Marina to empty our cassettes. That was fun! The marina entrance was extremely tight and the water very shallow as we eventually found a vacant pontoon to tie up to. The cheery couple who helped us were sadly countered by the tool in the adjacent boat who didn't have the guts to face us with whatever complaint he had but was brave enough to shout F*** Off to Elaine as we left. Big man.....

We cleared the Big Lock at Middlewich and stayed here

for a couple of days then this morning moved on to here

off the Trent and Mersey, onto the Shropshire Union but still in Middlewich! Actually, this is the Middlewich Branch of the Shroppie. It took us nearly two hours to negotiate the four town centre locks but that's all we needed to charge the batteries so why waste diesel going any further? 

Our next deadline is to be in Audlem (between Nantwich and Market Drayton) next Thursday to take Logan for his birthday treat so we have plenty of time. We'll stock up again tomorrow then it's off into the countryside again for a few days.