Date - 14/08/08 Day - Thursday Start - 0800 End - 1430 Harnser's present position http://tinyurl.com/Harnser-s-route
We had a briefing meeting last night to run through todays activities. It was agreed to start at our own times so after chatting with the boat opposite we decided to push off at 8 am together. So at 8 this morning we backed up through the bridge and winded in the BW basin before heading off together to the Wryley and Essington Canal, often refereed to as the Curly whirly. There were still 4 boats to leave after we went, the rest had set off at 6am. The travelling was quite good but it wasn't long before we caught up with 2 boats who had their far share of weed hatch visits, one of them did draw 3 feet, as we ticked along behind them a couple of the others caught us up. We passed them on one of their many visits down the hatch so I was now front boat of the late starters. The weather was kind to us and so was the rubbish and I didn't need to do a visit down the hatch until after we moored for the night at the end of the Cannock Extension. Clover the old coal boat manage to pick up a sleeping bag and spent over an hour getting it off so it was just as well they started early. A couple of the boats went down the Extension, but we didn't bother having done it last time we were this way. -- Brian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Join SOW and help save our waterways http://www.saveourwaterways.org
