After a peaceful night I arose early to a day that was so uneventful that even the sun didn't bother to show up. I decided to put my spare 40l of diesel into Jannock's tank before we set off so that I could get the cans refilled later. We set off when that job was finished only to find that the boatyard at Barton Wharf no longer sells diesel. A good job that I decided to add my spare stock then. Straight through Barnton tunnel and then we had to wait 30 mins for Saltersford tunnel as we had missed the northbound slot. Up past Acton Bridge to another wait for the Northbound Preston Brook time. We met a freshly hired boat just North of this tunnel who obviously thought he needed to pass us between our starboard side and the bank that was not 1 metre away. I indicated that the other side of Jannock would provide a better passing spot and so he lurched round, still at great speed, just missing our bows. Considering he had only started from the other side of the road bridge, and had passed now't but moored boats between there and us, he was going at one hell of a speed. We passed under the M6 and up through Lymm before mooring for the night at the top of the LCC moorings. I did a Di Blasi shuffle whilst Brenda prepared dinner. Simon joined us for dinner as he was on his way to collect Phaedra from Manchester airport.
Graham www.jannock.org.uk [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
