>Day 4 - Tuesday December 19th - Stone to Longport Wharf >11 miles 1 furlong, 14 locks, 5 hours 35 minutes >Weather - Misty > >Uneventful day's cruise. Left Stone at 9.40am, Stone top lock cleared >at 10.30am, Meaford top at 11,25am. Reached Etruria Junction at 2.40pm, >and stopped for water at, possibly, the slowest tap I have yet >encountered, 50 yards onto the Caldon Canal. Used the time to empty the >Thetford cassettes and dispose of some rubbish before abandoning the >fill up after 45 minutes. Reversed back to the junction and made for >Longport where we moored at 4.10pm. After eating onboard we ventured to >the Pack Horse for a beer - not a mistake we shall be making again. :-) > Early-ish start tomorrow, as we want to be through the tunnel as soon >as we can. > >Terry Streeter >NB Arun - Longport Wharf
Crew slowing you up?? :-)) Sue nb Nackered Navvy
