Nantwich: Déjà vu…

A Chas Harden boat which we hired several years ago to go up the Llangollen – moored right behind us at Nantwich
Ground-hog Day!

Well, we have really got to know Nantwich well. We’ve spent the best part of a week here and gone up and down between two winding points. Luckily there are no locks between then, so it’s been simple enough. We sail under the bottom bridge, turn round, fill up with water and perhaps pump out the loo, then turn around at the top winding hole. The only real issue is Nantwich is so very, very busy! It’s really hard to find anywhere to moor in the town, even though there is plenty of great mooring. It’s just so many boats are staying way over the 48 hours they’re supposed to and they are clogging the place up for the rest of us.

At one point we moored on the side where there is a concrete shelf that forces the boat away from the side, which is a bit of a pain to get on and off from, but with some clever use of our rubber fenders I was able to make it bearable. We stayed there over the weekend before setting off in earnest on Monday.

Mooring away from the town itself was very nice and green
Arty moored after a couple of locks at Hack Green, where there is a ‘secret’ nuclear bunker!

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