Caught the bus into Nantwich to do the shopping and the charity shops.
Day out at the Shropshire County Show where I got some Fiery Jack cheese usually only obtainable from the shop in Leek.
Made good use of the facilities at Calveley on the way past.
Moored opposite Chas Hardern and picked the few remaining greengages from the tree on the tow path. Shopping in the local supermarket.
Took a walk to Beeston Castle.
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Moored up close to The Cheshire Cat at Christleton. It is just a short walk to the bus stop where we can catch the bus into Chester but far enough out that there is little traffic, so reaonably quiet.
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Chester, a walled city. We spent the whole day walking around Chester, drinking in the history and enjoying the fresh air. Full picture gallery here.
Got a four days out of eight railway ticket. First day is a trip to the Ffestiniog Railway via Tanybwlch.
Anthea unfortunately got a bit carried away with the excitment of it all and left her rucksack on the train when we changed trains.
The intention had been for Anthea to go swimming at Barmouth but with no costume or towels that could have proven a little difficult, but when we got there the charity shops rose to the challenge.
Purchased a new rucksack, swimming costume, towels and even a bathing cap to keep her hair dry whilst in the water. Anthea enjoyed her swimming until D'fer decided to join in and swam out to where she was and then tried to climb on to her, inadvertantly scratching her with his claws.
Day two of our four from eight, this time to Llandudno. We took the Great Orme Tramway right to the top of the hill. It's a cable tramway where the tram is pulled up the hill by a winding gear, helped by the weight of the tram coming down the hill to balance it.
Most of the way it is single track but there is a passing place for the upgoing tram to avoid the downgoing tram halfway up (or down as the case may be).
Llandudno has two beaches, North Beach and South Beach, which does not allow dogs. Walking from South Beach to North Beach we spotted a pet shop and where we managed to get a set of booties for D'fer to protect Anthea from his claws when he tries to rescue her from the water. We got to North Beach where Anthea went swimming. D'fer wanted to join in again and with the booties on he joined Anthea in the water. THe booties didn't work very well so I will just have to keep him out of the water when she is swimming in future.
There were several wind surfers on the water and one of them was managing some aerobatics whilst surfing. I think the wind was quite strong out there.
Took most of the day to get here, including a pause at the staircase lock to offload mattress from the fold up bed on Forty Two that I have replaced with a pull out bed, but spent several hours on the quay watching the big boats coming along the Manchester Ship Canal.
If you get your narrow boat registered on the Manchester Ship Canal it is regarded as a ship and the master of a ship is entitled to have a fire arm on board, however it cannot be used inside the three mile limit.
I spent a day wandereing around the museum which was most edifying.
Back in Chester but moored up the other side of town.
Battle re-enactment day in Chester.
Well the whole weekend actually.
The day of the battle climax
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