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Just in case you didn't quite believe it Ange 😃

I think you probably have more reason than most to need to lose it now and then. Don't beat yourself up. ❤️

Ange, most of us here recognise if the drink is talking and all your real friends here cut as much slack as is ever necessary, ok? Just sayin'. Now have a hug

In 1984 David Blaygrove asked us to move 19 tons of loose housecoal that was on Rothens Wharf at Atherstone to Stoke Bruerne, to Load on Hesperus. ( South Midlands Canal Transport.) We had bought Thaxted only 2 months before at the National Rally at Hawksbury. I have just got to my Archive after filing it away in 2004 when we emigrated. In those days a certain standard was maintained. Brasses polished no tee shirt or fleeces. I had taken my suit jacket off on a hot day but rolled up my sleeves.

So nearly every CRT workboat will have been reported by Monday ...

To be fair, I think everybody just wanted to go home. The job was done... and safely after considerable hard work by Mr Biscuit. 'The ship was cheered, the harbour cleared, Merrily did we drop Below the kirk, below the hill, Below the lighthouse top.'

Probably will Jo, as all the other boats use the full six miles and three services between Barrowford Top and Greenberfield Top. You don't need to limit yourself to just the summit pound either, you can go another six miles or so to Gargrave services where there's a winding hole but that involves 13 locks. When Barrowford flight reopens on 28th January you can also go past Hapton to the stoppage at Altham Bridge. This is a trip of 25.10 miles and 19 locks from Gargrave Services to Shuttleworth Winding Hole travelling southwest on the Leeds and Liverpool Canal (Main Line - Wigan to Leeds) https://canalplan.org.uk/cgi-bin/canal.cgi?quickroute=yes&where=Gargrave services, shuttleworth winding hole That's actually a really good mix of the Leeds and Liverpool - the prettiest rural bit and the grittiest urban bit with a wide choice of shops and towns. 5 full CRT services, two marinas, the council run services at Nelson and the Morrisons with a jetty. It might not be ideal but there are far worse places to be stuck until April/May. The Ribble Link doesn't open until April anyway.