Monday 17th August

We left Ellesmere about 8.40 and started the journey back to Mercia Marina. We have the boat booked in at a couple of places for some work but we hope to be back in about 11/12 days. We passed the 'Mosses' which are areas of peat bogs which were cut commercially until the 1990's. They are now nature reserves. It seems very isolated.

Other photos today include the annual 'cows in water' photo.

Also spotted a tree house which looks rather neglected now but must have been fun when the children were small.

There are no locks on this section of the journey but lift bridges appear from time to time. It is difficult to take a photo of our boat passing through as one of us is working the hydraulic mechanism with a windlass whilst the other is steering the boat. This is therefore a random boat passing through!

We are moored in the Whitchurch arm tonight ready to take the boat into a marina tomorrow for the central heating to be drained and refilled.

I liked this photo with the boat reflection.