The team are on board, we are moored precariously
just on the outskirts of Marple – the visitor moorings before the junction are
few and were full when we arrived at about 3pm yesterday. After the junction
the canal sides are collapsing – a fisherman told David it is the effect of
American crayfish burrowing into the banks. So we are using the plank for the
first time and 3 pins to hold us still. It has worked well, to my surprise!
We fitted all six of us in rather well last
night and now we’ve had brekkie (B&B fruit salad, home made bread toasted) and
all gear is stowed tidily – either on our bed or under it.
I am writing this while the guests are
clearing brekkie away. I am not sure what David is doing but I am sure it will
involve getting the boat ready for the off. Today we are heading down to
Buxworth Basin I think. Not many choices at this point of the journey, and I’ve
never been there. David came this way with Dave and Jan some years ago, but I
was working … Tomorrow we are going to do the Marple locks and head north.
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