Warwick to Llangollen, Autumn, 2008



27th September--31st October

September 27th--October 6th
We leave Saltisford Canal Centre--Up the Hatton Flight--Moored on Rowington Embankment--Midnight Visitors--We Set off for Birmingham--We get a Police Escort!--The Black Country Museum--Down the Wolverhampton 21--Two Nights at Compton--Up to Brewood

October 6th--15th
Cherry arrives--We Travel the Shropshire Union--On Through the Locks--Trev Turns Electrician--Cherry Goes Home--Don't Try to Park in Burland!--A Kind Neighbour-- Ruby Wedding Anniversary Bash--On to the Llangollen Canal

October16th--21st
Through Whitchurch--The Missing Lift Bridge-- Down the Prees Branch for Cheap(ish) Diesel--We Score our First Direct Hit--Trev Goes for a Walk on the Mosses--Past The Mere--Into Ellesmere, and our Second Direct Hit!-Snow---We have Pigeon Box Covers made--The Cow that Fell in the Canal

October 22nd--30th
Off Down The Monty--Liberty Belle has an Autumn Clean--Down to the End of the Monty--A Helicopter Goes Through its Paces--We Meet Penny & Ian--An Excellent Meal--Back up to Frankton Junction--We Meet the Coalman--Across the Pontcysyllte--Our Last Mooring Before LLangollen--Another Direct Hit--An Early Start for Llangollen--Gridlock--"Home" at Last

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