Cruising the Llangollen

Day 2 saw me awake at 5am, so very eager to be cruising. I bid Blakemere farewell, (I am positive I will be back), and started the long cruise down the Llangollen canal towards my eventual destination at Shebdon where Araminta was going to get a brand new cratch and pram covers. I was determined to get as far as I could by the end of the day, a very tall order as I am single handed and locks are particularly challenging and time consuming.

I pushed hard and eventually made it to Grindley Brook where I bagged one the last available towpath moorings. It was my intention to go for a walk with the camera but I was totally knackered! I have gone from quite a sedentary lifestyle to operating locks and manhandling a 49′ narrowboat with a piece of rope virtually overnight, talk about changing your lifestyle. Anyway I made some something to eat, had a cuppa and a quick read, but after about 5 minutes it was lights out for me as my eyes wouldn’t cooperate and kept on closing.