Audlem flight at dawn!

Another good run today. The weather makes all the difference and at the moment, it has been most obliging to us meaning there is nothing better than just running on into the evening. Moored up tonight just under a mile from the first lock in the 15 lock flight at Audlem. The plan is to make a very early start tomorrow to clear them. It's tradition for us to make rediculously early start in the summer holiday and tomorrow seems like a good idea. Early morning, (before 6.00 ish!) is the most amazing time to cruise - trust me.

Getting out of Chester seemed to take ages thanks to the miles of moored houses, sorry boats. We slowed down as low as we could but being a Saturday and with the dole office closed, one bloke still felt the need to yell profanities at us for apparently not slowing down!!

I would like to nominate Calvely service station for having the lowest water pressure in England!

It must have taken us over an hour to fill up half a tank of water!

The rest of the day was uneventful. Passing through Nantwich we almost hit 2 men in a very old rowing boat who were really not coordinated. As we past, we said in a cheery way, "you're living dangerously down there aren't you?" to which a dour faced thug peered over the top and replied, "we don't care - when youve just done 14 years in jaol, you give up caring!" We hurried past without another word!

My final picture this evening is passing the end of the Llangollen Canal. Very busy, so we were glad to be passing!