Several years ago we shared Anderton Lift with a hire boat, and got to talking about the flash. The hire boaters said that they had taken a hire boat onto the flash many years ago, before the lift closed, and got stuck. Later, moored outside the pub at winsford for lunch, we saw the hire boat pass us going towards the flash. "Oh well," I though "at least they have past experience to learn from." Some time later, they returned... being towed by a small outboard powered boat which had rescued them from the mud! Our subsequent venture onto the flash was very cautious, and not very far!
Keir ----- Original Message ----- From: Martin Reed To: [email protected] Sent: Monday, January 26, 2009 7:25 AM Subject: Re: [canals-list] Re: Flash boaters Hi, Last year when we were on the Weaver we took Oak and Ash upon to the flash. As said earlier it is narrow and overgrown at the entrance. Then we toured around the entire flash. As advised we kept to the outside of the flash. The centre is very shallow with soft mud. There are navigation buoys there but they are moor to do with the sailing boat club up there rather than navigation. We did touch the bottom once but it was no worse than many sections of BW canals. I'd go for it. It was very good cruising. Even if we could not get up onto the Middlewich arm. :-) If you go to http://www.reedboats.co.uk/canals/rwe/rwea.html at the bottom left is a picture tasken from the stern of Oak while we were up on the flash. You can see the size of it. All the best, Martin Reed. Oak and Ash Hotel Boats www.reedboats.co.uk [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
