Just beyond Marbury.....

....is where we are as I write. 4G, great Sky signal, short grass so we can get to the side of the boat and rings to tie to. Yes, it's everything that Wrenbury wasn't (not quite, we did get a Sky signal).
Saturday's cruise to Wrenbury was very pleasant, especially when the sun shone. The marina at Swanley Bridge was a convenient refuelling stop on the way and we coped with the five locks and the pesky side wind easily. It was fun to watch the holiday boats fare rather worse - been there, done that!
In all honesty the jury had been out for me as far as the Llangollen was concerned down to the amount of boat traffic. Of course, the traffic you see if you are also moving is much less as no one overtakes you and I have to say I really enjoyed the trip. It was all open farmland bisected only by the canal. We didn't see a road until we were almost in Wrenbury, by which time I had recalled the jury and was in a happy place. However, as we got to Wrenbury the jury was sent straight back out again.

There were boats everywhere! I know it's Easter but come on! Then, we found the reason. That damned Broken Cross boat club had invaded the place and hogged all the moorings. If you remember, we came across them a couple of years ago on the T&M and the Macclesfield. Just our luck that they had chosen this place for their Easter get together.

Undeterred we plodded on until we found a spot to knock pins in and settle down. As mentioned earlier we had no internet connection or reliable phone signal and we really don't like that. What's the point of living a little bit off grid if you can't get on the grid to blog, download, etc! 😉

We headed into the village and filled the granny trolley for £24. The shop assistant definitely cocked up there, probably because she switched tills half way through because the scales weren't working. Oh well, another few quid saved!

We had a pint and troughed out at the Dusty Miller

which was very nice then hit the othe pub the Cotton Arms, which wasn't.

This morning it was up sticks pronto but we've barely moved for ninety minutes before tying up again before the rain came. We can get the boat waxed here so will stay maybe two nights. Plus the rings here mean I don't need to knock pins in, which is just as well as I left my lump hammer on the towpath in Wrenbury 😡

Oh well, another few quid lost!