So here we are, the last ever blog post from In The Mood.When we set off in June we planned to have one more year aboard exploring the canals around the Pennines. After studying the canal map we realised that we would be covering large distances of routes already explored (in some areas we have visited them at least 3 times) in order to reach about 40 new miles. We decided that this was a somewhat expensive option when we took mooring fees, licence fee, insurance etc. into account. Therefore we have decided to sell the boat and will hire in the areas which we still wish to explore. We have yet to travel through the Standedge tunnel (this boat is too high out of the water), the South Wales canal (not integrated with the main network), and maybe Scottish canals. We would also like to try canals in Europe.
Lots of you have read the blog everyday when it has been published and hope that you have enjoyed sharing our travels and we may be back blogging - but with hire boats.
Our before and after feet photos have been firm favourites so here they are!
June 23rd 2018
August 9th 2018
Fantastic weather all summer with only 3 days which were wet and windy out of 44 nights away from the Marina.
Statistics for this year
Miles 394
Locks 229
Since we bought the boat in 2012 we have travelled over 2000 miles and worked 1660 locks. We are sad to see her go but looking forward to planning new adventures. There are whole areas of the world and Britain which we still have to explore. Watch this space........
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