Riley Bridge To Haigh Hall. 7 Locks.






Oh my god, we have an evening in with....................Mc Fly!! whoopee.

A tale of two...lockies.

Upon our arrival at Johnsons Hill Locks in the after noon, I sent forth a fair maiden to the lockies den as a scout, this was to ascertain our chances of proceeding.

Fair maiden returned with the gift of one, and I must note one, Viennese Whirl and the offer of safe passage.

This offer we chose to refuse as the day was all but spent and we were moored safely near a welcoming hostelry.

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At the dawn of the following day I once again sent forth the fair maiden to request passage in the fore noon. Fair maiden returned red of face and uttering words not to be written for sensitive eyes.

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There was a strange creature in the lockies den and it was known as a jobsworth, none may pass it cried at regular intervals, none may pass unless paired with another such as you.

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No other came upon that day.

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Bugger..........another day wasted.

Thankfully another boat turned up this morning but as the original lockie was back on duty and opened the locks at seven thirty instead of the required ten o'clock it was all sooo unnecessary.

Fair maiden spotted fairy tale shopping centre named Botany Bay.
As I am not Capt James Cook and Ubique is not the Endeavour... we sailed on.
Mutiny........what? What do you mean?.......... Put that down!









This river of water is flowing through here because the pound above is full. It is the canal overflow system.

Here we go again................water shortage?










This is just too cute isn't it? ..It's even got a little cratch cover...Bless.


Well.....we have unwittingly chosen quite the spot for tonight.
Opposite us is a nice golf course, but above that is a marquee where for the rest of the week famous people will be attending and making lots of noise.

Tonight's delight from a list of N-Dubz, The Saturdays, Katherine Jenkins, Ronan Keating and Mc Fly.......... we have got Mc Fly.

Excuse me for being under awed, being neither sixteen or female they don't quite hit my spot.

Mind you, if BW don't fix the recently broken Wigan flight top lock soon we might just get something better.



Until next time....................






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