Narrowboat Ezri- The Middlewich Breach Part Two Follow Up

So this is the follow up to the blog post about about The Middlewich Breach, As is the case with anything like this it all comes down to who pays for the rebuild. I am not getting into all that, I am just going to repost two YouTube from Mr Albert Rowe the first one…

Narrowboat Ezri- The Middlewich Breach

Sometime time on the 15th of March 2018 the embankment of aqueduct on the Middlewich branch of Shropshire Union canal collapsed, causing the water to drain into the River Wheelock leaving around 20 boats sat on the reminding canal bed. The canal is currently drained between Stanthorne Lock Wardle Lock on the south side of…

Narrowboat Ezri- So What Are We Going To Now.

First off sorry for not having something out last week but over the holidays I very unwell and work also played its part. And to be totally truthful I don’t really have anything set in stone, Towards the end of last year a few things happened on the way back to our winter/home mooring which…

Narrowboat Ezri- The 100 Miles Adventure -The Voyage ‘Home’

Unlike the other story I know, this one doesn’t have any humpback whales, clocked starship or swing around the sun time travel, but what it does have is four swing bridges, low laying fog and one almost fall. But really in all  seriousness, Ezri is once again back at her home mooring and in a…

Narrowboat Ezri- The 100 Miles Adventure – All for the want of a key

One of the major Milestoness on the trip back to the Peak Forest Canal is the 12 locks of Bosley. And this blog post was going to be all about, me and my Dad passing though them in less than two hours and getting to he royal oak lift bridge before half four in the…

Narrowboat Ezri- The 100 Miles Adventure – Icebreaker Ezri.

Well I think kind of like this winter cruising thing, there is not many people about, the water is still and the towpath is frozen. But there is a down side there is not many people about, the water is still and the towpath is frozen. No really the same the set of reasons that…

Narrowboat Ezri- The 100 Miles Adventure – Where did Everyone Go !

One of the the things you notice the most, about retracing our steps is the fact the places that were busy at one time a hive of activity along the waterways, they are now deserted and look some what sad, this weeks trip took us back the arms pub just around the village of Lawton…

Narrowboat Ezri- The 100 Miles Adventure -Shafted !

I am starting to get feeling Ezri doesn’t what to get “back home” anytime soon, but I will get back to that in a little while, Last week I was cat sitting for my sister in law and brother, that meant the time line we have was a little smaller that we Normally have as…

Narrowboat Ezri- The 100 Miles Adventure – The Voyage “Home”

I am not really sure how to start this set of blogs as we begin the voyage “home” to Furness Vale, it was meant to be see Ezri, Dad and Me Complete the Cheshire Ring heading through the Bridgewater Canal and the centre of Manchester once again but, the locks at Marple have shut since…

Narrowboat Ezri- The 100 Miles Adventure – The Anderton Boat Lift

Leaving Ezri just up around Marbury County Park, Both me and Dad walked into the Anderton Boat Lift center and on the last day of October and their last week of operations for this year it’s still a very busy place, to our right is the cafe (but more of that later), and the right…