Edmund and Josh came to stay for a few days, so Heather & Ada
both booked some time off work so they could also spend a few days
with their brother as we are all 200 miles away from him. We were
blessed with lovely sunny weather.
Tuesday we cruised from Rufford to Tarleton so uncle Ed could meet
the three kids from school. We then all cruised to the lovely remote
spot at Sollom for tea, which for shear ease was a finger buffet for
the 10 of us. The children are experts at how to unlock & move
the swing bridges.
Wednesday was Edmund’s birthday so we took advantage of an extra
crew of 5 to head up the locks on the Rufford Branch. It was great
having 2 strong lads to lift the clough ground paddles for us. We
know from previous experience that some of the upper pounds can be
quite low and true to form one was indeed very low. The job of
running water down to get us afloat when were were grounded was a
wizz when you could phone ahead to the advance locking crew. We also
ended up with a huge bag around the prop, which luckily came off
fairly easily.
that set off the smoke detector when he blew them out.
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