A Very Narrow Journey
Tuesday 13th August We have loved Hanging Loose on the Caldon Canal but it’s time to move on. Today we are leaving the Caldon Canal, going through the Harecastle Tunnel and turning onto the Macclesfield Canal. The weather forecast is ok and we desperately need to go shopping. We are back at the beginning of the Caldon…
Our continuous cruising journey in our Narrowboat Hang Loose continues along the beautiful Caldon Canal. We also cruise down the Leek branch. In my previous post we travelled from the village of Salt onto the Caldon and up as far as Engine Lock. The Nicholson’s guide and everyone you speak to tells you not to moor…
Salt We had a lovely time Exploring the Village of Salt on The Trent and Mersey Canal but it was now time to get moving again and we will be cruising from Salt to the Caldon Canal. We cruised as far as Stone – only about 4 miles and a couple of locks today. It was a…
A Cruise to Salt We are going on a short cruise today and will be exploring Salt on the Trent and Mersey canal. A lovely couple we met at Tixall Wide recommended a pub there called The HollyBush Inn. First lock of the day is Hoo Mill Lock – great name. It’s so hot today…
Sunday 21st July Although our destination is the Caldon Canal, we wanted to visit Tixall Wide again as we love it so much. Also the weather forecast is really hot for the next few days so it will be a lovely place to stay for a day or two. So Wolseley Bridge to Tixall Wide…
1st July 2019 Today we officially move permanently on board our narrowboat Hang Loose and become continuous cruisers. We have given up our mooring on the Erewash Canal and we are going on our adventures! For the first couple of weeks we moored at one of our favourite places – Weston-on-Trent and then Shardlow. We…
Sunday 2nd June Decided today we would go for a cruise along the Erewash Canal before we leave our moorings there at the end of the month to continuously cruise on board our beautiful boat Hang Loose – so excited. We went Cruising Down the River Soar a couple of weeks ago before we leave this area,…
Heading out of Trent Lock we went straight over the River Trent and onto the River Soar. It looks beautiful already! It’s a gorgeous sunny day and the river is like a mill pond. We cruised through Kegworth, stopping for diesel along the way and then – as it was lunchtime – and we spotted…
And it’s my birthday I got taken out for breakfast at Trent Lock Tea Rooms which was fab – we had a bacon and egg cob and a pot of tea – lovely start to the day. We then walked along the canal to Cranfleet Lock and continued along the River Trent and around Attenborough…
Off for our First Proper Cruise – on the Trent & Mersey We have been at Weston-on-Trent since we bought Hang Loose as the lock at Aston-on-Trent is closed for repair – it should have been open on 15th March and we were planning to move on to our moorings on the Erewash Canal that…