Cruising Log for NB Be‐Bop — 2025.

Here for maintenance & for Xmas.¹ Mooring: £331 per month, electricity £0.25.

MoT from 2 Machs Motorcycles.

[Arrived: 28th November 2024. Waterway: Online marina]

Escaped the marina.

Here for fuel and to load my bike.

[Waterway: Trent & Mersey — Main Line]

Retracing my steps.

Surprisingly quiet. Mooring rings.

A nice stopover.

Retracing my steps.

Off to Llangollen! Maybe via Chester.

Mooring rings. Good for the solar.

[Waterway: Shropshire Union — Middlewich Branch]

A little closer to town, further from the lock tsunami.

Parcels on order should all be here by Friday — let's see.

Just short of the 48‐hour moorings. Close to the railway, noisy goods trains at night.

Parcels here; moved on.

Short of the village.

Good 5G² — can see the mast.

Diesel: £0.98.

Here for shopping.

Diesel (80l at £0.99) from Chamberlain Carrying Co.

[Waterway: Shropshire Union — Main Line]

Turned around.

Tied up closer to the shops (Aldi & Morrisons).

New water!

Just short of Burland visitor moorings.

[Waterway: Llangollen Canal]

Here for shopping.

Village shop has lots of sweets, alcohol & fizzy pop — but not much actual food.

Moved on.

Lunch.

3G² only here!

Here for the weekend.

4G is back, but 3G is better².

Full service at Grindley Brook — water, rubbish, pump‐out.

Here for a day or so. 4G is back, no 3G².

Closer to the shops (Aldi, Lidl, Morrisons Local³, Sainsbury's³, Tesco, etc.).

Waiting for parcels. I now have my new Brompton after a gruelling trip to Manchester.

A run to the shops, then onwards in a couple of days.

Within walking distance: Aldi, Greggs, McDonald's, Starbucks, Subway.

Shopping all done. Moved on for water.

For the boat, it's the first visit abroad — to Wales.

Got a parcel to pick up from Londis³.

The excursion into Wales didn't last long.

Shopping in Tesco.

[Waterway: Llangollen Canal — Ellesmere Branch]

Last passage through Frankton Locks is at one o'clock each day.

[Waterway: Llangollen Canal]

Here for the weekend.

There is a village store & post office not far away in Whittington.

Eleven boats queuing to descend New Marton Locks.

Nearby: St. Martin's Tandoori, Family Kebab⁴, Stan's Superstore.

Lunch.

Here overnight.

Hire-boat Hell. Today I: got hit once, pulled one off the mud, tied one up 'cos its pins had been pulled out,

Here overnight.

Here for 5‐days; £13 per night.

Set out early, at ten past five, to get through the many narrows.

Here overnight.

Here overnight.

Meal from the Poacher's Pocket.

Back here.

Here overnight.

Off in search of some diesel.

Lunch.

The best vista on the whole canal.

Awaiting an InPost³ parcel.

Moved down a bit.

Parcel here.

Shopping.

Fuel from Blackwater Meadow: 215l at £1.04.

[Waterway: Llangollen Canal — Ellesmere Branch]

Locks had closed at one o'clock.

Booked in for tomorrow.

[Waterway: Montgomery Canal]

First suitable mooring.

Mobile reception iffy.

It's hot.

Here till it cools. Mobile reception worse.

Still hot.

5G⁵ back.

Just me here at present.

There is a Morrisons Daily in Pant.

Returning.

Returning.

There is mooring for two boats here: one towpath, one offside.

Returning.

Locking up the flight in the morning.

Off to Ellsemere Port & Chester.

Returning.

Parcel to pick up & shopping.

[Waterway: Llangollen Canal]

Shopping.

Was hit eight times over the weekend.

[Waterway: Llangollen Canal — Ellesmere Branch]

Done for the day.

Tricky to moor here — SUCS could provide some rings.

[Waterway: Llangollen Canal — Prees Branch]

Donated a mooring pin — since I couldn't remove it.

Mobile reception here bad.

[Waterway: Llangollen Canal]

Shopping.

Many more boats on this mooring, compared to Maytime.

Shopping & parcels on the way.

2 of 3 parcels here.

Noisy neighbours at the junction — moved on.

Parcels collected. Heatwave over. Bitten by midges.

Better mobile signals here.

Yards further on.

Down the locks tomorrow, weather permitting.

Finished for the day.

Lunch.

Looks like rain.

Enough for today.

Nantwich not too far from here — shopping Monday maybe.

Shopping done — two trips as I forgot my money the first time.

Chased down the locks by a passive‐aggressive “working boat”.

[Waterway: Shropshire Union — Main Line]

Moved on — will try the newly re‐opened Olde Barbridge Inn.

New water!

Here for the weekend — probably.

Done for the day.

First wide locks since 2014!

Dodged the rain.

Water levels low between the two Beeston locks. I can't think of a way to ascend the Iron Lock single handed.

Lunch.

Fuel from Chas. Harden Boats (80l at £1.00).

Some shopping to do.

Looks like rain, stopped here.

Maybe stay till Monday.

Moved closer to the shops: Eggbridge Rolls, OneStop³, pharmacy.

Winding at Egg Bridge Winding Hole is forbidden.

Moved on.

Shallow here.

Dinner at The Cat.

Awaiting news of the stoppage which is a little further on.

Moved on; filled with water.

Update: The stoppage, was first reported on the 17^th July. Finally, CART will gain site access on 26^th August — a 40‐day delay.

Backwards up one lock, then turning around to retrace my steps.

The stoppage ain't ending soon, so off to Tatenhall Marina for some work to the electrics.

In Tatenhall Marina¹ for some electrical work. Visitor mooring: £395 per month, electricity £0.27.

Update: Here till 16^th June.

[Waterway: Online marina]